Time in Cancún now
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Cancún time zone info
UTC −5
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
now the same time as Chicago
- Cancún does not observe daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Cancún is America/Cancun.
Cancún's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 6:58 PM
- Sunset: 7:26 AM
- Day length: 12h 28m
- Culmination: 1:12 AM
- Currently Cancún time is 648 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Cancún
UTC
+5 hours
Cancún on the map
- Cancún is in Mexico.
- Latitude: 21.16. Longitude: -86.85.
- Population: 888,797
- Mexico: Population: 128,900,000