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Oaxaca, Mexico

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Oaxaca for remote work

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

Photo: Luisalvaz, 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 9 / 12 June–February

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

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Oaxaca; 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 (8.6), high 29°C29°JanFebruary: Good (7.3), high 31°C31°FebMarch: Fair (6.3), high 32°C32°MarApril: Fair (5.5), high 33°C33°AprMay: Fair (5.8), high 32°C32°MayJune: Good (6.6), high 30°C30°JunJuly: Good (7.3), high 30°C30°JulAugust: Good (7.0), high 30°C30°AugSeptember: Good (6.6), high 30°C30°SepOctober: Great (8.1), high 30°C30°OctNovember: Great (8.5), high 29°C29°NovDecember: Great (8.6), high 29°C29°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan29°C10°C3 mm9°C dry11.1 h8.6
Feb31°C11°C3 mm10°C dry11.4 h7.3
Mar32°C13°C12 mm10°C comfortable11.9 h6.3
Apr33°C15°C22 mm12°C comfortable12.4 h5.5
May32°C16°C78 mm14°C comfortable12.8 h5.8
Jun30°C17°C143 mm15°C comfortable13.0 h6.6
Jul30°C16°C99 mm15°C comfortable12.9 h7.3
Aug30°C16°C108 mm15°C comfortable12.6 h7.0
Sep30°C16°C146 mm16°C comfortable12.1 h6.6
Oct30°C14°C64 mm14°C comfortable11.6 h8.1
Nov29°C12°C11 mm12°C comfortable11.2 h8.5
Dec29°C10°C3 mm10°C comfortable11.0 h8.6

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

Getting there and settling in

Population
3,967,889 (2015)
Elevation
1644 m
Airports
Xoxocotlán International Airport (OAX), 8 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
Oaxaca 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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