In which country is the America/Cancun timezone located?

The timezone America/Cancun is mainly used in Mexico .

What is the IANA identifier for this region?

The official IANA identifier is America/Cancun . This code is used for time calculation in all common operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS).

What is the time difference of America/Cancun to UTC?

The current time difference for America/Cancun is exactly UTC-05:00 .

Timezone

America/Cancun

UTC -05:00 EST DST off

18:27:32

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 6:27:32 PM

Wk 41

Day 280/365

Unix 1791415652

Day progress

since 00:00 18:27:32 until 24:00 05:32:28

Current time in America/Cancun

The details for America/Cancun are as follows. Also available via the API in JSON or plain text.

Local Time

Current Local Date/Time (ISO8601): 2026-10-07T18:27:32-0500
RFC 3339: 2026-10-07T18:27:32-05:00
RFC 2822: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:27:32 -0500
Ordinal Day of the Week: 3
Ordinal Day of the Year: 280
Ordinal Week Number: 41
ISO week date: 2026-W41-3
Quarter: 4
Epoch (milliseconds): 1791415652712

Timezone Details

Timezone: America/Cancun
Timezone Abbreviation: EST
ISO-3166-2: MX
Country Name: Mexico
Latitude: 21.08333
Longitude: -86.76667
Navigation Links: Google Maps Apple Maps OpenStreetMap
Other time zones using the abbreviation EST: America/Atikokan, America/Cayman, America/Coral Harbour, America/Jamaica, America/Panama, EST and Jamaica

UTC

Current UTC Date/Time: 2026-10-07T23:27:32+0000
Local Time's UTC offset: -05:00
Display UTC offset: UTC-05:00
Local Time's UTC offset, in seconds: -18000
Unixtime: 1791415652

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Current status: Standard Time (winter)
Last change: —
Next change: —
Current offset: UTC-05:00

Calendar and time metadata

Leap year: false
Next leap year: 2028
Days in year: 365

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    "quarter": 4,
    "epoch_ms": 1791415652712,
    "has_dst": false,
    "is_dst": false,
    "dst_last": null,
    "dst_last_local": null,
    "dst_last_utc": null,
    "dst_next": null,
    "dst_next_local": null,
    "dst_next_utc": null,
    "dst_offset": -18000,
    "dst_from": null,
    "dst_until": null,
    "raw_offset": -18000,
    "timezone": "America\/Cancun",
    "unixtime": 1791415652,
    "utc_datetime": "2026-10-07T23:27:32+0000",
    "utc_offset": "-05:00",
    "display_utc_offset": "UTC-05:00",
    "rfc3339": "2026-10-07T18:27:32-05:00",
    "rfc2822": "Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:27:32 -0500",
    "is_leap_year": false,
    "next_leap_year": 2028,
    "next_leap_year_including_this_year": 2028,
    "days_in_year": 365
}

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abbreviation: 'EST'
datetime: '2026-10-07T18:27:32-0500'
day_of_week: 3
day_of_year: 280
week_number: 41
iso_week_date: '2026-W41-3'
quarter: 4
epoch_ms: 1791415652712
has_dst: false
is_dst: false
dst_last: NULL
dst_last_local: NULL
dst_last_utc: NULL
dst_next: NULL
dst_next_local: NULL
dst_next_utc: NULL
dst_offset: -18000
dst_from: NULL
dst_until: NULL
raw_offset: -18000
timezone: 'America/Cancun'
unixtime: 1791415652
utc_datetime: '2026-10-07T23:27:32+0000'
utc_offset: '-05:00'
display_utc_offset: 'UTC-05:00'
rfc3339: '2026-10-07T18:27:32-05:00'
rfc2822: 'Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:27:32 -0500'
is_leap_year: false
next_leap_year: 2028
next_leap_year_including_this_year: 2028
days_in_year: 365

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