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Time difference between Costa Rica and Mexico

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Mexico has multiple time zones, that reason we now list some of the most important places with their respective local times.

Actual local time in Costa Rica

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Actual local time in Mexico

City Time
México City (Central Mexico) ??:??
Aguascalientes (Central Mexico) ??:??
Baja California (Baja California) ??:??
Baja California Sur (?) ??:??
Campeche (Campeche, Yucatan) ??:??
Chiapas (Central Mexico) ??:??
Chihuahua (?) ??:??
Coahuila de Zaragoza (Durango; Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas (most areas)) ??:??
Colima (?) ??:??
Distrito Federal (Central Mexico) ??:??
Durango (Central Mexico) ??:??
Guanajuato (Central Mexico) ??:??
Guerrero (Central Mexico) ??:??
Hidalgo (Central Mexico) ??:??
Jalisco (Central Mexico) ??:??
Michoacán de Ocampo (Central Mexico) ??:??
Morelos (Central Mexico) ??:??
Nayarit (Central Mexico) ??:??
Nuevo León (Central Mexico) ??:??
Oaxaca (Central Mexico) ??:??
Puebla (Central Mexico) ??:??
Querétaro de Arteaga (Central Mexico) ??:??
Quintana Roo (Quintana Roo) ??:??
San Luis Potosí (Central Mexico) ??:??
Sinaloa (Baja California Sur, Nayarit (most areas), Sinaloa) ??:??
Sonora (Sonora) ??:??
Tabasco (Central Mexico) ??:??
Tamaulipas (Central Mexico) ??:??
Tlaxcala (Central Mexico) ??:??
Veracruz-Llave (Central Mexico) ??:??
Yucatán (Central Mexico) ??:??
Zacatecas (Central Mexico) ??:??

    Mexico time changes in 2026

  • PDT daylight saving time (UTC-7) takes effect on 2026-03-08 at 10:00.
  • PST standard time (UTC-8) takes effect on 2026-11-01 at 09:00.

If it's 12PM in Costa Rica, what time is it in Mexico?

When it's 12:00 PM in San José, Costa Rica, time in México City, Mexico is 12:00 PM.

Inverse calculation

Distance between Costa Rica and Mexico

City of Costa Rica:
City of Mexico:

San José, Costa Rica's latitude is 9.94 and its longitude is -84.1. México City, Mexico's latitude is 19.4333 and its longitude is -99.1333. The distance in kilometers between Costa Rica and Mexico is 1,929 km.

 

Traveling from San José to México City

By car, it would take you approximately 24.11 hours to get to México City, Mexico driving non-stop from San José, Costa Rica at a constant speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

By plane, it would take you approximately 3.22 hours to get to México City, Mexico taking a direct flight from San José, Costa Rica.

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