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Mexico City for remote work

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

Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0, 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 12 / 12 all year

Your team's working day, on Mexico City's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Mexico City; 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 (9.4), high 24°C24°JanFebruary: Great (9.8), high 26°C26°FebMarch: Great (9.5), high 28°C28°MarApril: Great (8.7), high 29°C29°AprMay: Great (8.7), high 29°C29°MayJune: Great (8.8), high 26°C26°JunJuly: Great (8.3), high 25°C25°JulAugust: Great (8.4), high 25°C25°AugSeptember: Great (8.6), high 25°C25°SepOctober: Great (9.8), high 25°C25°OctNovember: Great (9.9), high 24°C24°NovDecember: Great (9.5), high 24°C24°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan24°C6°C8 mm5°C dry10.9 h9.4
Feb26°C7°C8 mm5°C dry11.4 h9.8
Mar28°C9°C12 mm5°C dry11.9 h9.5
Apr29°C11°C19 mm7°C dry12.4 h8.7
May29°C12°C47 mm9°C dry12.9 h8.7
Jun26°C12°C135 mm11°C comfortable13.2 h8.8
Jul25°C12°C159 mm12°C comfortable13.1 h8.3
Aug25°C12°C154 mm12°C comfortable12.7 h8.4
Sep25°C12°C142 mm12°C comfortable12.1 h8.6
Oct25°C10°C69 mm10°C comfortable11.5 h9.8
Nov24°C8°C12 mm8°C dry11.1 h9.9
Dec24°C6°C7 mm5°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
9,209,944 (2020)
Elevation
2240 m
Airports
Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez (MEX), 6 km
Toluca International Airport (TLC), 47 km
Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU), 37 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
Mexico City 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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