Current time in Oaxaca, Mexico
The current local time in Oaxaca is shown below. Oaxaca observes CST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Oaxaca does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Standard abbreviation
- CST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Oaxaca?
Oaxaca uses Central Standard Time at UTC-6 year-round, the same offset as Mexico City. Mexico's October 2022 elimination of DST applied across most states including Oaxaca, so the city now stays on CST year-round. The state's longitude around 96.7 degrees west sits very close to the Central Standard Time meridian, so wall time aligns closely with mean solar noon. The tropical latitude near 17 degrees north produces only modest seasonal day-length variation. The Pacific coast cities of Oaxaca state are on the same offset as the capital.
What are the working hours in Oaxaca?
Tourism centred on the historic centre and surrounding archaeological sites, agricultural production (the state is the principal mezcal-producing region with protected designation of origin), and substantial artisan production (the Zapotec and Mixtec textile, ceramic, and woodwork traditions remain commercially significant) anchor the working economy. Office hours run 09:00 to 18:00 with an extended lunch around 14:00 to 16:00. Day of the Dead in late October and early November is the city's most significant annual calendar event, with substantial commercial preparation extending from mid-October.
Where is Oaxaca?
Oaxaca de Juárez is the capital of Oaxaca state in southern Mexico, sitting at around 1,550 metres elevation in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca. The city proper holds around 270,000 residents and the metropolitan area roughly 690,000. The historic centre, organised around the cathedral and the Zócalo (main square), is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The pre-Columbian archaeological site of Monte Albán, the former Zapotec capital, occupies a flattened hilltop around 10 kilometres west. The Sierra Madre del Sur rises immediately south, separating the valleys from the Pacific coast.