Mexico Real-time Astronomical Calculations

7-Day Outlook

Next 7 Days Sunrise & Sunset Forecast for Mexico

Automatic daily forecast calculated for this location. Times update with your selected date.

Date Sunrise Sunset Solar Noon Day Length Golden Hour (Eve)
City Breakdown

Major Cities in Mexico

Mexico City

Mexico • Mexico City

Check sunrise and sunset times in Mexico City, Mexico today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 19.4326°, -99.1332° (America/Mexico_City). Popular places to watch the sun include Chapultepec Castle, Xochimilco Canals, Torre Latinoamericana. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Guadalajara

Mexico • Jalisco

Check sunrise and sunset times in Guadalajara, Mexico today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 20.6597°, -103.3496° (America/Mexico_City). Popular places to watch the sun include Mirador del Árbol de la Vida, Lake Chapala Shore, Cerro del Tfour. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Monterrey

Mexico • Nuevo León

Check sunrise and sunset times in Monterrey, Mexico today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 25.6866°, -100.3161° (America/Monterrey). Popular places to watch the sun include Cerro de la Silla, Fundidora Park, Chipinque Ecological Park. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Cancún

Mexico • Quintana Roo

Check sunrise and sunset times in Cancún, Mexico today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 21.1619°, -86.8515° (America/Cancun). Popular places to watch the sun include Playa Delfines, Hotel Zone Lagoon, Isla Mujeres Ferry View. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Puebla

Mexico • Puebla

Check sunrise and sunset times in Puebla, Mexico today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 19.0414°, -98.2063° (America/Mexico_City). Popular places to watch the sun include Popocatépetl Viewpoint, Fuertes de Loreto, Estrella de Puebla. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Tijuana

Mexico • Baja California

Check sunrise and sunset times in Tijuana, Mexico today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 32.5149°, -117.0382° (America/Tijuana). Popular places to watch the sun include Playas de Tijuana, Cerro Colorado, Border Fence Viewpoint. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Mexico Cities — Today's Sunrise & Sunset Times

Today's sunrise, sunset, and day length for all 10 cities in Mexico on this site, computed with NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms and each city's local timezone.

CitySunriseSunsetDay Length
Mexico City (Mexico City)
Guadalajara (Jalisco)
Monterrey (Nuevo León)
Cancún (Quintana Roo)
Puebla (Puebla)
Tijuana (Baja California)
Mérida (Yucatán)
León (Guanajuato)
Querétaro (Querétaro)
Oaxaca (Oaxaca)

Solar & Astronomical Facts About Mexico

  • 1El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza displays a creeping solar shadow serpent on Spring and Autumn Equinoxes.
  • 2Cancun on the Caribbean Coast enjoys warm 6:00 AM morning sun highlights year-round.
  • 3Mexico City sits at 2,240 meters altitude, creating crisp high-altitude solar illumination.

How Seasons Change Sunrise & Sunset in Mexico

Mexico follows the northern seasonal clock: longest days around 21 June, shortest around 21 December. At the Mexico City reference in 2026, June 21 sunrise is 05:59 AM and sunset 07:17 PM (13h 18m); December 21 is 07:05 AM / 06:02 PM (10h 57m).

Daylight Saving Time is not uniform across Mexico: some listed cities shift their clocks seasonally while others stay on standard time, which can make summer sunrise look earlier or later than geography alone would suggest.

Latitude still sets day length. In June, Tijuana (32.5° ) has 14h 17m of daylight versus 13h 9m in Oaxaca (17.1°). In December those figures are 10h 1m and 11h 6m.

This country uses 5 IANA timezones among the cities listed here. Cancún and Tijuana do not share a clock, so comparing printed sunrise times without converting to UTC is misleading. On 21 June those local sunrises are 06:06 AM (America/Cancun) and 05:41 AM (America/Tijuana).

Mexico’s listed cities run from Caribbean Cancún to Pacific Tijuana, with more than one civil timezone. Cancún’s dawn is not Tijuana’s, even on the same calendar date.

Latitude still matters: northern Monterrey feels winter more than coastal Mérida. Use the city page, especially around DST transition dates where they apply.

2026 Solstice Snapshot — Cities in Mexico

Official sunrise and sunset (upper limb on a flat horizon) on 21 June (northern summer) and 21 December (northern winter), each city’s local timezone. Sorted east to west. Open a city page for the live calendar, azimuth, and golden hour.

City Timezone 21 Jun sunrise 21 Jun sunset Jun day 21 Dec sunrise 21 Dec sunset Dec day
Cancún America/Cancun 06:06 AM 07:31 PM 13h 25m 07:19 AM 06:10 PM 10h 51m
Mérida America/Merida 05:18 AM 06:42 PM 13h 24m 06:30 AM 05:21 PM 10h 51m
Oaxaca America/Mexico_City 05:54 AM 07:03 PM 13h 9m 06:51 AM 05:57 PM 11h 6m
Puebla America/Mexico_City 05:56 AM 07:13 PM 13h 17m 07:01 AM 05:59 PM 10h 58m
Mexico City America/Mexico_City 05:59 AM 07:17 PM 13h 18m 07:05 AM 06:02 PM 10h 57m
Monterrey America/Monterrey 05:50 AM 07:35 PM 13h 45m 07:22 AM 05:54 PM 10h 32m
Querétaro America/Mexico_City 06:02 AM 07:24 PM 13h 22m 07:12 AM 06:05 PM 10h 53m
León America/Mexico_City 06:06 AM 07:31 PM 13h 25m 07:19 AM 06:09 PM 10h 50m
Guadalajara America/Mexico_City 06:13 AM 07:36 PM 13h 23m 07:24 AM 06:17 PM 10h 53m
Tijuana America/Tijuana 05:41 AM 07:58 PM 14h 17m 06:45 AM 04:46 PM 10h 1m

At the Mexico City reference in 2026, the longest civil day is Jun 19, 2026 (13h 19m 0s) and the shortest is Dec 19, 2026 (10h 57m 0s). Earliest sunrise and latest sunset often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.

Use this page for today’s times across Mexico and a 7-day forecast. Times in the widget are computed for the capital reference (Mexico City) in America/Mexico_City. The month calendar below adds azimuth, twilight, golden hour, and blue hour. City pages pick up longitude-specific clock shifts and popular viewpoints.

Full Month Sun Calendar

Mexico City Sun Times — September 2026

Day-by-day sunrise, sunset, compass azimuth, day-length change, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon for Mexico City in America/Mexico_City. Times use NOAA/Meeus algorithms with standard atmospheric refraction (zenith 90.833°). Scroll sideways for photography and twilight columns, or use the arrows to browse other months.

Date Sunrise Sunset Day Length Diff Solar Noon Civil Nautical Astronomical Golden hour Blue hour
Time Azimuth Time Azimuth Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Morning Evening Morning Evening
Tue, Sep 106:21 AM81° E06:52 PM279° W12h 31m 0s—12:36 PM05:59 AM07:14 PM05:33 AM07:40 PM05:07 AM08:07 PM06:08 AM – 06:50 AM06:23 PM – 07:06 PM05:50 AM – 06:08 AM07:06 PM – 07:23 PM
Wed, Sep 206:21 AM81° E06:51 PM278° W12h 30m 0s−1m 0s12:36 PM05:59 AM07:13 PM05:33 AM07:39 PM05:07 AM08:06 PM06:08 AM – 06:51 AM06:22 PM – 07:05 PM05:50 AM – 06:08 AM07:05 PM – 07:22 PM
Thu, Sep 306:22 AM82° E06:50 PM278° W12h 28m 0s−2m 0s12:36 PM05:59 AM07:13 PM05:33 AM07:39 PM05:07 AM08:05 PM06:08 AM – 06:51 AM06:21 PM – 07:04 PM05:51 AM – 06:08 AM07:04 PM – 07:21 PM
Fri, Sep 406:22 AM82° E06:50 PM278° W12h 28m 0s+0m 0s12:36 PM06:00 AM07:12 PM05:34 AM07:38 PM05:08 AM08:04 PM06:08 AM – 06:51 AM06:20 PM – 07:03 PM05:51 AM – 06:08 AM07:03 PM – 07:20 PM
Sat, Sep 506:22 AM83° E06:49 PM277° W12h 27m 0s−1m 0s12:35 PM06:00 AM07:11 PM05:34 AM07:37 PM05:08 AM08:03 PM06:08 AM – 06:51 AM06:20 PM – 07:02 PM05:51 AM – 06:08 AM07:02 PM – 07:19 PM
Sun, Sep 606:22 AM83° E06:48 PM277° W12h 26m 0s−1m 0s12:35 PM06:00 AM07:10 PM05:34 AM07:36 PM05:08 AM08:02 PM06:09 AM – 06:51 AM06:19 PM – 07:01 PM05:52 AM – 06:09 AM07:01 PM – 07:19 PM
Mon, Sep 706:22 AM83° E06:47 PM276° W12h 25m 0s−1m 0s12:34 PM06:00 AM07:09 PM05:35 AM07:35 PM05:08 AM08:01 PM06:09 AM – 06:52 AM06:18 PM – 07:01 PM05:52 AM – 06:09 AM07:01 PM – 07:18 PM
Tue, Sep 806:23 AM84° E06:46 PM276° W12h 23m 0s−2m 0s12:34 PM06:01 AM07:08 PM05:35 AM07:34 PM05:09 AM08:00 PM06:09 AM – 06:52 AM06:17 PM – 07:00 PM05:52 AM – 06:09 AM07:00 PM – 07:17 PM
Wed, Sep 906:23 AM84° E06:45 PM276° W12h 22m 0s−1m 0s12:34 PM06:01 AM07:07 PM05:35 AM07:33 PM05:09 AM07:59 PM06:09 AM – 06:52 AM06:16 PM – 06:59 PM05:52 AM – 06:09 AM06:59 PM – 07:16 PM
Thu, Sep 1006:23 AM85° E06:44 PM275° W12h 21m 0s−1m 0s12:33 PM06:01 AM07:06 PM05:35 AM07:32 PM05:09 AM07:58 PM06:10 AM – 06:52 AM06:15 PM – 06:58 PM05:52 AM – 06:10 AM06:58 PM – 07:15 PM
Fri, Sep 1106:23 AM85° E06:43 PM275° W12h 20m 0s−1m 0s12:33 PM06:01 AM07:06 PM05:36 AM07:31 PM05:10 AM07:57 PM06:10 AM – 06:52 AM06:14 PM – 06:57 PM05:53 AM – 06:10 AM06:57 PM – 07:14 PM
Sat, Sep 1206:23 AM85° E06:43 PM275° W12h 20m 0s+0m 0s12:33 PM06:01 AM07:05 PM05:36 AM07:30 PM05:10 AM07:56 PM06:10 AM – 06:53 AM06:14 PM – 06:56 PM05:53 AM – 06:10 AM06:56 PM – 07:13 PM
Sun, Sep 1306:24 AM86° E06:42 PM274° W12h 18m 0s−2m 0s12:33 PM06:02 AM07:04 PM05:36 AM07:29 PM05:10 AM07:55 PM06:10 AM – 06:53 AM06:13 PM – 06:55 PM05:53 AM – 06:10 AM06:55 PM – 07:12 PM
Mon, Sep 1406:24 AM86° E06:41 PM274° W12h 17m 0s−1m 0s12:32 PM06:02 AM07:03 PM05:36 AM07:28 PM05:10 AM07:54 PM06:10 AM – 06:53 AM06:12 PM – 06:54 PM05:53 AM – 06:10 AM06:54 PM – 07:11 PM
Tue, Sep 1506:24 AM87° E06:40 PM273° W12h 16m 0s−1m 0s12:32 PM06:02 AM07:02 PM05:36 AM07:28 PM05:11 AM07:53 PM06:11 AM – 06:53 AM06:11 PM – 06:53 PM05:54 AM – 06:11 AM06:53 PM – 07:10 PM
Wed, Sep 1606:24 AM87° E06:39 PM273° W12h 15m 0s−1m 0s12:31 PM06:02 AM07:01 PM05:37 AM07:27 PM05:11 AM07:52 PM06:11 AM – 06:53 AM06:10 PM – 06:52 PM05:54 AM – 06:11 AM06:52 PM – 07:10 PM
Thu, Sep 1706:24 AM87° E06:38 PM272° W12h 14m 0s−1m 0s12:31 PM06:03 AM07:00 PM05:37 AM07:26 PM05:11 AM07:51 PM06:11 AM – 06:53 AM06:09 PM – 06:52 PM05:54 AM – 06:11 AM06:52 PM – 07:09 PM
Fri, Sep 1806:25 AM88° E06:37 PM272° W12h 12m 0s−2m 0s12:31 PM06:03 AM06:59 PM05:37 AM07:25 PM05:11 AM07:50 PM06:11 AM – 06:54 AM06:08 PM – 06:51 PM05:54 AM – 06:11 AM06:51 PM – 07:08 PM
Sat, Sep 1906:25 AM88° E06:36 PM272° W12h 11m 0s−1m 0s12:30 PM06:03 AM06:58 PM05:37 AM07:24 PM05:12 AM07:49 PM06:11 AM – 06:54 AM06:07 PM – 06:50 PM05:54 AM – 06:11 AM06:50 PM – 07:07 PM
Sun, Sep 2006:25 AM89° E06:35 PM271° W12h 10m 0s−1m 0s12:30 PM06:03 AM06:57 PM05:38 AM07:23 PM05:12 AM07:49 PM06:12 AM – 06:54 AM06:06 PM – 06:49 PM05:55 AM – 06:12 AM06:49 PM – 07:06 PM
Mon, Sep 2106:25 AM89° E06:35 PM271° W12h 10m 0s+0m 0s12:30 PM06:03 AM06:56 PM05:38 AM07:22 PM05:12 AM07:48 PM06:12 AM – 06:54 AM06:06 PM – 06:48 PM05:55 AM – 06:12 AM06:48 PM – 07:05 PM
Tue, Sep 2206:25 AM89° E06:34 PM270° W12h 9m 0s−1m 0s12:29 PM06:04 AM06:56 PM05:38 AM07:21 PM05:12 AM07:47 PM06:12 AM – 06:54 AM06:05 PM – 06:47 PM05:55 AM – 06:12 AM06:47 PM – 07:04 PM
Wed, Sep 2306:26 AM90° E06:33 PM270° W12h 7m 0s−2m 0s12:29 PM06:04 AM06:55 PM05:38 AM07:20 PM05:13 AM07:46 PM06:12 AM – 06:55 AM06:04 PM – 06:46 PM05:55 AM – 06:12 AM06:46 PM – 07:03 PM
Thu, Sep 24 Today06:26 AM90° E06:32 PM270° W12h 6m 0s−1m 0s12:29 PM06:04 AM06:54 PM05:38 AM07:19 PM05:13 AM07:45 PM06:12 AM – 06:55 AM06:03 PM – 06:45 PM05:55 AM – 06:12 AM06:45 PM – 07:02 PM
Fri, Sep 2506:26 AM91° E06:31 PM269° W12h 5m 0s−1m 0s12:28 PM06:04 AM06:53 PM05:39 AM07:18 PM05:13 AM07:44 PM06:13 AM – 06:55 AM06:02 PM – 06:44 PM05:56 AM – 06:13 AM06:44 PM – 07:01 PM
Sat, Sep 2606:26 AM91° E06:30 PM269° W12h 4m 0s−1m 0s12:28 PM06:04 AM06:52 PM05:39 AM07:17 PM05:13 AM07:43 PM06:13 AM – 06:55 AM06:01 PM – 06:43 PM05:56 AM – 06:13 AM06:43 PM – 07:00 PM
Sun, Sep 2706:26 AM92° E06:29 PM268° W12h 3m 0s−1m 0s12:27 PM06:05 AM06:51 PM05:39 AM07:17 PM05:14 AM07:42 PM06:13 AM – 06:55 AM06:00 PM – 06:43 PM05:56 AM – 06:13 AM06:43 PM – 07:00 PM
Mon, Sep 2806:27 AM92° E06:28 PM268° W12h 1m 0s−2m 0s12:27 PM06:05 AM06:50 PM05:39 AM07:16 PM05:14 AM07:41 PM06:13 AM – 06:56 AM05:59 PM – 06:42 PM05:56 AM – 06:13 AM06:42 PM – 06:59 PM
Tue, Sep 2906:27 AM92° E06:27 PM267° W12h 0m 0s−1m 0s12:27 PM06:05 AM06:49 PM05:40 AM07:15 PM05:14 AM07:40 PM06:13 AM – 06:56 AM05:58 PM – 06:41 PM05:56 AM – 06:13 AM06:41 PM – 06:58 PM
Wed, Sep 3006:27 AM93° E06:27 PM267° W12h 0m 0s+0m 0s12:27 PM06:05 AM06:48 PM05:40 AM07:14 PM05:14 AM07:39 PM06:14 AM – 06:56 AM05:57 PM – 06:40 PM05:57 AM – 06:14 AM06:40 PM – 06:57 PM

Tip: pair this calendar with our Day Length, Twilight, and Golden Hour tools for photography and planning.

Mexico Sunrise & Sunset by Month (2026)

This table shows the sunrise, sunset, and day length in Mexico on the 1st of every month, computed with the same NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms used across this site. Day length is longest in July and shortest in January.

MonthSunriseSunsetDay Length
January 107:10 AM06:09 PM10h 59m 0s
February 107:11 AM06:28 PM11h 17m 0s
March 106:55 AM06:41 PM11h 46m 0s
April 106:30 AM06:49 PM12h 19m 0s
May 106:08 AM06:59 PM12h 51m 0s
June 105:57 AM07:11 PM13h 14m 0s
July 106:01 AM07:18 PM13h 17m 0s
August 106:12 AM07:13 PM13h 1m 0s
September 106:21 AM06:52 PM12h 31m 0s
October 106:27 AM06:26 PM11h 59m 0s
November 106:37 AM06:03 PM11h 26m 0s
December 106:53 AM05:56 PM11h 3m 0s
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Mexico Sunrise & Sunset FAQ

During equinoxes, the sun creates a trippy feathered serpent shadow descending the steps of Chichen Itza.
Day length in Mexico City ranges between 10 hours 53 minutes in December to 13 hours 18 minutes in June.
Sunrise and sunset in Mexico are calculated daily from its coordinates and the America/Mexico_City timezone. Check the live solar cards on this page for today’s exact local times, day length, and the countdown to the next event.
Today the sun rises at 80° E and sets at 280° W in Mexico. Face that compass bearing from an open viewpoint — sunrise is rarely due east, and sunset is rarely due west.
Evening golden hour in Mexico starts about an hour before sunset; evening blue hour follows as the Sun drops below the horizon. Morning windows are listed in the golden hour section on this page.
In 2026, the longest day in Mexico is Jun 19, 2026 with 13h 19m 0s of daylight, and the shortest is Dec 19, 2026 with 10h 57m 0s.
In 2026, the earliest sunrise in Mexico is 05:57 AM on Jun 1, 2026. The latest sunset is 07:19 PM on Jul 3, 2026. The latest sunrise is 07:13 AM on Jan 12, 2026, and the earliest sunset is 05:56 PM on Nov 18, 2026. These clock-time extremes often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.
No, Mexico maintains a fixed standard time offset year-round and does not observe Daylight Saving Time.

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