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Guadalajara, Mexico

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Guadalajara for remote work

UTC−6 America/Mexico_City · UTC−6 all year

Photo: Isacdaavid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 08:00–16:00 here
US Pacific team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here
UK team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Central Europe team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 02:00–10:00 here
Price level 59 Moderate: household prices Mexico-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 6 / 12 October–March

Your team's working day, on Guadalajara's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Guadalajara; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 08:00–16:00
7 h
US Pacific 11:00–19:00
6 h
UK 03:00–11:00
2 h
Central Europe 02:00–10:00
1 h

Mexico does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Feb7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Mar6–7 h awake 8 h6–7 h awake 8 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h0–1 h awake 2–3 h
Apr6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
May6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Jun6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Jul6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Aug6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Sep6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Oct6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h0–1 h awake 2–3 h
Nov7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Dec7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Great (9.9), high 27°C27°JanFebruary: Great (8.5), high 29°C29°FebMarch: Good (6.6), high 32°C32°MarApril: Fair (5.2), high 33°C33°AprMay: Poor (4.5), high 34°C34°MayJune: Poor (3.9), high 33°C33°JunJuly: Poor (4.3), high 31°C31°JulAugust: Poor (4.1), high 31°C31°AugSeptember: Poor (4.6), high 31°C31°SepOctober: Good (7.1), high 31°C31°OctNovember: Great (8.3), high 29°C29°NovDecember: Great (9.5), high 28°C28°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan27°C8°C16 mm6°C dry10.9 h9.9
Feb29°C9°C9 mm7°C dry11.3 h8.5
Mar32°C10°C9 mm6°C dry11.9 h6.6
Apr33°C13°C3 mm6°C dry12.5 h5.2
May34°C15°C20 mm10°C dry13.0 h4.5
Jun33°C17°C172 mm14°C comfortable13.2 h3.9
Jul31°C17°C248 mm16°C comfortable13.1 h4.3
Aug31°C17°C214 mm16°C sticky12.7 h4.1
Sep31°C16°C187 mm16°C sticky12.1 h4.6
Oct31°C14°C67 mm14°C comfortable11.5 h7.1
Nov29°C11°C20 mm10°C dry11.0 h8.3
Dec28°C8°C7 mm7°C dry10.8 h9.5

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
1,385,621 (2020)
Elevation
1536 m
Airports
Guadalajara-M. Hidalgo y Costilla (GDL), 16 km
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Mexico's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Guadalajara on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-20. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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