It is 19:35 on Friday, October 2, 2026 in Cancun, Mexico. The city runs on UTC-5 (EST), which puts it 2 hours behind Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Cancun
Cancun follows the America/Cancun time zone, abbreviated EST. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC-5.
Cancun does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC-5 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 2 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Cancun.
Time difference between Brasília and Cancun
To convert, take Brasília time and subtract 2 hours; early in the morning in Brasília it may still be the previous day in Cancun. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Cancun is 14:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 02:00 in Brasília. Because Cancun is behind, its calendar date is still the previous day in the first 2 hours after midnight in Brasília (until 02:00). Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Cancun (UTC-5) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 04:00 |
| 09:00 | 07:00 |
| 12:00 | 10:00 |
| 15:00 | 13:00 |
| 18:00 | 16:00 |
| 21:00 | 19:00 |
Best time to call Cancun from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 11:00 to 18:00 in Brasília, which is 09:00 to 16:00 in Cancun. That leaves 7 hours of overlap: enough for most meetings, but book early.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Cancun today
Today the Sun rises in Cancun at 06:38 and sets at 18:33 local time, a daylight span of 11h 55min, with solar noon at 12:36. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Cancun?
Cancun is at 21.08° N, 86.77° W (country: Mexico). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.