What is the time difference between Lima and Mexico City?

Lima is 1 hour ahead of Mexico City during standard time.

When is the best time to schedule a call between Lima and Mexico City?

The best times to connect are 10:00 AM GMT-5, 11:00 AM GMT-5, 12:00 PM GMT-5, when both regions are within standard business hours.

Lima to Mexico City Time Converter — GMT-5 to CST, 1 hour difference

24-Hour Overlap Timeline

✅ Overlap: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM in Lima · 9:00 AM–5:00 PM in Mexico City (8h window)

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
UTC →
🇵🇪 Lima UTC-5	7p	8p	9p	10p	11p	12a	1a	2a	3a	4a	5a	6a	7a	8a	9a	10a	11a	12p	1p	2p	3p	4p	5p	6p
🇲🇽 Mexico City UTC-6	6p	7p	8p	9p	10p	11p	12a	1a	2a	3a	4a	5a	6a	7a	8a	9a	10a	11a	12p	1p	2p	3p	4p	5p
🇮🇳 India (IST) UTC+5:30	5a	6a	7a	8a	9a	10a	11a	12p	1p	2p	3p	4p	5p	6p	7p	8p	9p	10p	11p	12a	1a	2a	3a	4a

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Key Facts: Lima (GMT-5) vs Mexico City (CST)

Time Gap

1h

Lima ahead

DST Status

✅ Lima

No DST

✅ Mexico City: No DST

Cities in GMT-5

243

Largest: Lima

10,320,000 pop.

Overlap Window

8h window

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (GMT-5)

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (CST)

Find Cities in Lima & Mexico City Timezones

The GMT-5 and CST timezones are separated by 1 hour. Lima is the largest city in the America/Lima zone and Mexico City is the largest in America/Mexico_City. Neither timezone observes daylight saving time, so the difference is constant year-round. For scheduling between these regions, the key fact is: there are 8 hours of mutual business-hours overlap each day.

Best Times to Schedule Calls: Lima (GMT-5) ↔ Mexico City (CST)

Lima (GMT-5)	Mexico City (CST)	Quality
6:00 AM	5:00 AM	❌
7:00 AM	6:00 AM	❌
8:00 AM	7:00 AM	⚠️
9:00 AM	8:00 AM	⚠️
10:00 AM	9:00 AM	✅
11:00 AM	10:00 AM	✅
12:00 PM	11:00 AM	✅
1:00 PM	12:00 PM	✅
2:00 PM	1:00 PM	✅
3:00 PM	2:00 PM	✅
4:00 PM	3:00 PM	✅
5:00 PM	4:00 PM	✅
6:00 PM	5:00 PM	⚠️
7:00 PM	6:00 PM	⚠️
8:00 PM	7:00 PM	❌
9:00 PM	8:00 PM	❌
10:00 PM	9:00 PM	❌

Work hours defined as 09:00–18:00 local time. ✅ Both in work hours ⚠️ Borderline ❌ Outside work hours.

GMT-5 to CST: Complete 24-Hour Time Conversion Table

Lima (GMT-5)	Mexico City (CST)	IST (UTC+5:30)
12:00 AM	11:00 PM −1	10:30 AM
← Date changes in Mexico City →
1:00 AM	12:00 AM	11:30 AM
2:00 AM	1:00 AM	12:30 PM
3:00 AM	2:00 AM	1:30 PM
4:00 AM	3:00 AM	2:30 PM
5:00 AM	4:00 AM	3:30 PM
6:00 AM	5:00 AM	4:30 PM
7:00 AM	6:00 AM	5:30 PM
8:00 AM	7:00 AM	6:30 PM
9:00 AM	8:00 AM	7:30 PM
10:00 AM	9:00 AM	8:30 PM
11:00 AM	10:00 AM	9:30 PM
12:00 PM	11:00 AM	10:30 PM
1:00 PM	12:00 PM	11:30 PM
2:00 PM	1:00 PM	12:30 AM
3:00 PM	2:00 PM	1:30 AM
4:00 PM	3:00 PM	2:30 AM
5:00 PM	4:00 PM	3:30 AM
6:00 PM	5:00 PM	4:30 AM
7:00 PM	6:00 PM	5:30 AM
8:00 PM	7:00 PM	6:30 AM
9:00 PM	8:00 PM	7:30 AM
10:00 PM	9:00 PM	8:30 AM
11:00 PM	10:00 PM	9:30 AM

IST (India Standard Time, UTC+5:30) shown as reference for Indian users. +1/−1 indicates a different calendar day.

243 Cities in Lima (GMT-5) & 436 Cities in Mexico City (CST) — Page 1 of 3

Lima & 242 more — Lima (GMT-5, UTC-5)

Soledad, CO Villavicencio, CO Pereira, CO Kingston, JM Bello, CO Chiclayo, PE Ibague, CO Valledupar, CO Soacha, CO Santa Marta, CO Piura, PE Manizales, CO Cusco, PE Buenaventura, CO Callao, PE Pasto, CO Monteria, CO Neiva, CO Huancayo, PE Iquitos, PE Rio Branco, BR Cuenca, EC Palmira, CO Santo Domingo de los Colorados, EC Pucallpa, PE Fontibon, CO San Miguelito, PA Usme, CO Playa del Carmen, MX Armenia, CO Popayan, CO Barrancabermeja, CO Floridablanca, CO Eloy Alfaro, EC Chimbote, PE Machala, EC Sincelejo, CO Tacna, PE Ica, PE Itagui, CO Juliaca, PE Manta, EC Portoviejo, EC Tarapoto, PE Envigado, CO Tulua, CO Ayacucho, PE Tumaco, CO Loja, EC Cajamarca, PE Huacho, PE Uripa, CO Huanuco, PE Zipaquira, CO Florencia, CO Turbo, CO Santander de Quilichao, CO Dosquebradas, CO Quevedo, EC Ambato, EC Riobamba, EC Fusagasuga, CO Ipiales, CO Chetumal, MX Riohacha, CO Tunja, CO Sullana, PE Daule, EC Huaycan, PE Milagro, EC Portmore, JM Esmeraldas, EC Giron, CO Piedecuesta, CO Facatativa, CO Cartago, CO Malambo, CO Rionegro, CO Pitalito, CO Duitama, CO Ibarra, EC Spanish Town, JM Quibdo, CO Jamundi, CO Girardot, CO Cienaga, CO Guadalajara de Buga, CO Puno, PE Mosquera, CO San Ignacio, PE Chia, CO Magangue, CO Maicao, CO Apartado, CO Huaraz, PE Uribia, CO Ocana, CO Sogamoso, CO Turbaco, CO Madrid, CO La Libertad, EC Pisco, PE Aguachica, CO Villa del Rosario, CO Yopal, CO Sabanalarga, CO Talara, PE Babahoyo, EC Montego Bay, JM Tumbes, PE Arauca, CO Sangolqui, EC Half Way Tree, JM Candelaria, CO Yumbo, CO Cerete, CO Los Patios, CO Cruzeiro do Sul, BR Funza, CO Fundacion, CO Sahagun, CO Montelibano, CO Caucasia, CO Chosica, PE Caldas, CO Chiquinquira, CO Puerto Maldonado, PE Chigorodo, CO David, PA Chulucanas, PE Sabaneta, CO Cajica, CO Jaen, PE Andahuaylas, PE Huaral, PE Tierralta, CO Colon, PA Latacunga, EC Cozumel, MX Catacaos, PE Espinal, CO Arjona, CO Acacias, CO Tocumen, PA Copacabana, CO Santa Rosa de Cabal, CO San Vicente del Caguan, CO La Dorada, CO Samborondon, EC Abancay, PE Turbana, CO El Banco, CO San Andres, CO Calarca, CO La Estrella, CO Huanchaco, PE Montecristi, EC Corozal, CO Moquegua, PE Garzon, CO Planeta Rica, CO Necocli, CO La Chorrera, PA San Jose del Guaviare, CO Victor Larco Herrera, PE Manaure, CO La Plata, CO Ilo, PE El Carmen de Bolivar, CO La Ceja, CO Marinilla, CO Cienaga de Oro, CO Chincha Alta, PE Puerto Asis, CO Yurimaguas, PE Balboa Heights, PA Carmen de Viboral, CO Riosucio, CO Plato, CO May Pen, JM Villamaria, CO Galapa, CO Pasaje, EC San Marcos, CO Florida, CO

Mexico City & 435 more — Mexico City (CST, UTC-6)

Managua, NI Morelia, MX Aguascalientes, MX Chihuahua, MX Naucalpan de Juarez, MX Merida, MX Saltillo, MX Queretaro, MX San Luis Potosi, MX San Pedro Sula, HN Guadalupe, MX Acapulco de Juarez, MX Tlaquepaque, MX Durango, MX Tlalnepantla, MX Chimalhuacan, MX Irapuato, MX Tuxtla, MX Tonala, MX Ixtapaluca, MX Mixco, GT Ciudad Apodaca, MX Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo, MX Villa Nueva, GT Ciudad Lopez Mateos, MX Ciudad General Escobedo, MX San Nicolas de los Garza, MX Veracruz, MX Xalapa, MX Celaya, MX Nicolas Romero, MX Tecamac, MX Minatitlan, MX Villahermosa, MX Cuernavaca, MX Uruapan, MX Soledad de Graciano Sanchez, MX Gomez Palacio, MX Salamanca, MX Tehuacan, MX Coatzacoalcos, MX Chalco, MX Ciudad Benito Juarez, MX Ciudad Santa Catarina, MX Ciudad Victoria, MX La Pena, MX San Juan del Rio, MX Oaxaca, MX Pachuca, MX Tampico, MX Coacalco, MX San Miguel, SV Huixquilucan, MX San Juan Sacatepequez, GT Soyapango, SV Santa Ana, SV Saskatoon, CA San Pedro Carcha, GT Campeche, MX Carmen, MX Monclova, MX Garcia, MX Fresnillo, MX Coban, GT Choloma, HN Regina, CA Chilpancingo, MX Puerto Vallarta, MX Tapachula, MX Jiutepec, MX Comalcalco, MX Zamora, MX Quetzaltenango, GT Cordoba, MX Apopa, SV La Ceiba, HN Ciudad Madero, MX Cuautla, MX Guanajuato, MX Cholula de Rivadabia, MX Jalapa, GT Ciudad del Carmen, MX Manzanillo, MX Poza Rica de Hidalgo, MX El Progreso, HN San Cristobal, MX Cuauhtemoc, MX Cuautitlan, MX Ciudad Valles, MX Leon, NI Santa Maria Texmelucan, MX Chicoloapan, MX Lagos de Moreno, MX Tonacatepeque, SV Escuintla, GT Villa Canales, GT Jutiapa, GT San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida, MX San Marcos, CR Tuxtepec, MX San Andres Tuxtla, MX Papantla de Olarte, MX Macuspana, MX Ixtlahuaca, MX Ciudad Choluteca, HN Amatitlan, GT Tulancingo, MX Chichicastenango, GT Delicias, MX Valle de Santiago, MX Villanueva, HN Penjamo, MX Villa de Alvarez, MX Zacatecas, MX Pesqueria, MX Tipitapa, NI Colima, MX Comayagua, HN Ilopango, SV Mejicanos, SV Tepatitlan de Morelos, MX Las Maravillas, MX Cuautitlan Izcalli, MX Santa Tecla, SV Kanasin, MX Masaya, NI Cunduacan, MX Huehuetenango, GT Zinacantepec, MX Ahuachapan, SV Matagalpa, NI Tultepec, MX Petapa, GT Apatzingan de la Constitucion, MX Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, GT Ciudad Sandino, NI Delgado, SV Juticalpa, HN Chinautla, GT Orizaba, MX San Pedro Garza Garcia, MX Ciudad Hidalgo, MX Puerto Cortes, HN Chinandega, NI Chilapa de Alvarez, MX Coatepeque, GT Tizayuca, MX Totonicapan, GT Miramar, MX Iguala de la Independencia, MX Matamoros, MX Catacamas, HN Chimaltenango, GT Tecoman, MX Temixco, MX El Pueblito, MX Ciudad Guzman, MX Tlapacoyan, MX Comitan, MX Tecpan Guatemala, GT Pochuta, GT Esteli, NI San Martin, SV Chilon, MX Chiquimula, GT Puerto Barrios, GT San Antonio la Isla, MX San Antonio Enchisi, MX Martinez de la Torre, MX Retalhuleu, GT Malacatan, GT San Francisco de la Piedad, MX Joyabaj, GT Morales, GT Ocotlan, MX Granada, NI Temoaya, MX Lerma, MX Texcoco, MX Parral, MX Tenancingo, MX Olanchito, HN Tula de Allende, MX Tepexpan, MX Matehuala, MX

Convert Lima (GMT-5) to Mexico City (CST) Time — 1 hour apart