Mexico City is 12 hours behind Dhaka for most of the year: when it is 10:00 am in Dhaka it is 10:00 pm (previous day) in Mexico City. In offset terms Dhaka is on UTC+06:00 and Mexico City is on UTC-06:00 in January, and UTC+06:00 and UTC-06:00 in July. The converter above works from your browser’s own time zone data, so the figure it shows is the one in force today rather than the one that was in force when this page was written.
Neither city changes its clocks. Dhaka stays on UTC+06:00 and Mexico City stays on UTC-06:00 all year. The difference is therefore fixed for all of 2026, which makes this one of the few city pairs where a single number is the whole answer: Mexico City is always 12 hours behind Dhaka. Recurring meetings between the two never drift, and the table below confirms it period by period.
There is no overlap in office hours at all. Dhaka works 09:00 to 17:00 and Mexico City works 09:00 to 18:00, and with 12 hours between them one city has closed before the other opens. Anything live has to be early for one side or late for the other; 17:00 to 18:00 in Dhaka, which is 05:00 to 06:00 in Mexico City, is usually the least painful compromise. The working weeks differ: Dhaka works Sunday to Thursday while Mexico City works Monday to Friday, which leaves three shared days at each end of the week and two mismatched ones.
Two local details worth knowing. The working week is Sunday to Thursday and the clock is UTC+06:00 all year, half an hour ahead of India. Mexico abolished nationwide daylight saving in 2022, so the gap to the United States now changes when the US switches rather than when Mexico does.
The safest way to write a time for these two cities is to give both, as in "10:00 Dhaka / 22:00 Mexico City", or to give the UTC offset. Abbreviations are the trap: Dhaka is on +06 for part of the year and +06 for the rest, and the same three letters are reused in other parts of the world for entirely different offsets.
The formula
local Dhaka- The time you enter, on the Dhaka clock
offset- Each city’s UTC offset at that moment, read live from the IANA time zone database in your browser
−12- The difference in hours that holds for most of 2026: Mexico City is 12 hours behind Dhaka
day shift- Whether the converted time falls on the previous, same or next calendar day in Mexico City
How it works, step by step
- Enter a time in Dhaka using the 24-hour hour box and the minute box — 15:30 is hour 15, minute 30.
- Your browser reports the UTC offset in force in Dhaka and in Mexico City for that moment, so a date near a daylight saving transition is handled correctly rather than with a fixed 12 hour rule.
- The second offset minus the first gives the difference, which is added to the time you entered. A result past midnight is marked as the next or previous day, because that is where most conversion mistakes live.
- The panel also shows the current time in both cities, the date in Mexico City, and whether the two offices are open at the same moment.
Worked examples
09:00 in Dhaka
09:00 in Dhaka is 21:00 in Mexico City (previous day) — after the Mexico City working day has finished. In 12-hour terms, 9:00 am against 9:00 pm (previous day). Only one of the two offices is open at that moment, so it is worth offering rather than assuming.
12:00 in Dhaka
12:00 in Dhaka is 00:00 in Mexico City — the middle of the night in Mexico City. In 12-hour terms, 12:00 pm against 12:00 am. Only one of the two offices is open at that moment, so it is worth offering rather than assuming.
16:00 in Dhaka
16:00 in Dhaka is 04:00 in Mexico City — the middle of the night in Mexico City. In 12-hour terms, 4:00 pm against 4:00 am. Only one of the two offices is open at that moment, so it is worth offering rather than assuming.
23:00 in Dhaka, and the date problem
23:00 in Dhaka is 11:00 in Mexico City on the same day. This is where conversions go wrong in writing: the time is right, the day is not, and a meeting invitation sent for "Tuesday" arrives for the wrong Tuesday. Give the date in both cities whenever the converted time is near midnight.
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Frequently asked questions
How many hours behind Dhaka is Mexico City?
Mexico City is 12 hours behind Dhaka for most of 2026, so 09:00 in Dhaka is 21:00 in Mexico City (previous day). That difference holds for the whole year, because the two clocks either never change or change on the same dates — the table on this page confirms it period by period.
What is 2 pm Dhaka time in Mexico City?
2:00 am, the middle of the night in Mexico City. In 24-hour form 14:00 in Dhaka is 02:00 in Mexico City, and that is outside working hours in Mexico City.
What is the best time to call between Dhaka and Mexico City?
There is no time when both offices are open, so one side has to step outside its normal hours. The two least disruptive options are 08:00 in Dhaka, which is 20:00 in Mexico City, or 17:00 in Dhaka, which is 05:00 in Mexico City.
Is Mexico City ahead of or behind Dhaka?
Mexico City is behind. Dhaka is at UTC+06:00 and Mexico City is at UTC-06:00 in mid-January, and UTC+06:00 and UTC-06:00 in mid-July. The clock moves back going from Dhaka to Mexico City, which is why Dhaka reaches the end of its working day first.
Do Dhaka and Mexico City change their clocks on the same date?
Neither city changes its clocks. In 2026, Dhaka does not change its clocks at all, and Mexico City does not change its clocks at all. The difference between the two cities therefore holds all year.
What do the abbreviations for Dhaka mean?
Dhaka is on +06 in winter and +06 in summer, while Mexico City uses CST and CST. Abbreviations are the least reliable way to write a time: several are ambiguous between regions, and the summer and winter forms are an hour apart. A UTC offset, or the time given in both cities, cannot be misread.
Does this converter stay correct after the clocks change?
Yes. It does not use a stored number for the difference. Each time you change a value it asks your browser for the UTC offset that Asia/Dhaka and America/Mexico_City are on at that moment, using the IANA time zone database that ships with your operating system, and takes the difference. The tables on this page are computed from the same database for 2026.
Are the working weeks the same in Dhaka and Mexico City?
No. Dhaka works Sun-Thu and Mexico City works Mon-Fri, so part of one city’s week falls on the other’s weekend. Check the day as well as the hour before proposing a slot.
Dhaka to Mexico City: every hour, every period of 2026, and meeting slots
| Dhaka (24h) | Dhaka (12h) | Mexico City (24h) | Mexico City (12h) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 12:00 am | 12:00 (previous day) | 12:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Mexico City |
| 01:00 | 1:00 am | 13:00 (previous day) | 1:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Mexico City |
| 02:00 | 2:00 am | 14:00 (previous day) | 2:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Mexico City |
| 03:00 | 3:00 am | 15:00 (previous day) | 3:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Mexico City |
| 04:00 | 4:00 am | 16:00 (previous day) | 4:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Mexico City |
| 05:00 | 5:00 am | 17:00 (previous day) | 5:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Mexico City |
| 06:00 | 6:00 am | 18:00 (previous day) | 6:00 pm (previous day) | outside office hours |
| 07:00 | 7:00 am | 19:00 (previous day) | 7:00 pm (previous day) | outside office hours |
| 08:00 | 8:00 am | 20:00 (previous day) | 8:00 pm (previous day) | outside office hours |
| 09:00 | 9:00 am | 21:00 (previous day) | 9:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Dhaka |
| 10:00 | 10:00 am | 22:00 (previous day) | 10:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Dhaka |
| 11:00 | 11:00 am | 23:00 (previous day) | 11:00 pm (previous day) | office hours in Dhaka |
| 12:00 | 12:00 pm | 00:00 | 12:00 am | office hours in Dhaka |
| 13:00 | 1:00 pm | 01:00 | 1:00 am | office hours in Dhaka |
| 14:00 | 2:00 pm | 02:00 | 2:00 am | office hours in Dhaka |
| 15:00 | 3:00 pm | 03:00 | 3:00 am | office hours in Dhaka |
| 16:00 | 4:00 pm | 04:00 | 4:00 am | office hours in Dhaka |
| 17:00 | 5:00 pm | 05:00 | 5:00 am | outside office hours |
| 18:00 | 6:00 pm | 06:00 | 6:00 am | outside office hours |
| 19:00 | 7:00 pm | 07:00 | 7:00 am | outside office hours |
| 20:00 | 8:00 pm | 08:00 | 8:00 am | outside office hours |
| 21:00 | 9:00 pm | 09:00 | 9:00 am | office hours in Mexico City |
| 22:00 | 10:00 pm | 10:00 | 10:00 am | office hours in Mexico City |
| 23:00 | 11:00 pm | 11:00 | 11:00 am | office hours in Mexico City |
Computed at a difference of -12 hours, which is the one that holds for most of 2026. During the transition windows in the table below, shift the right-hand columns by an hour.
| Period | Length | Dhaka offset | Mexico City offset | Difference | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan to 31 Dec | 365 days | UTC+06:00 | UTC-06:00 | -12:00 | +06 / CST |
Every row is read from the IANA time zone database. Short periods appear where one city has changed its clocks and the other has not yet done so.
| Dhaka | 12-hour | Mexico City | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 6:00 am | 18:00 (previous day) | Outside both |
| 06:30 | 6:30 am | 18:30 (previous day) | Outside both |
| 07:00 | 7:00 am | 19:00 (previous day) | Outside both |
| 07:30 | 7:30 am | 19:30 (previous day) | Outside both |
| 08:00 | 8:00 am | 20:00 (previous day) | Outside both |
| 08:30 | 8:30 am | 20:30 (previous day) | Outside both |
| 09:00 | 9:00 am | 21:00 (previous day) | After hours in Mexico City |
| 09:30 | 9:30 am | 21:30 (previous day) | After hours in Mexico City |
| 10:00 | 10:00 am | 22:00 (previous day) | After hours in Mexico City |
| 10:30 | 10:30 am | 22:30 (previous day) | After hours in Mexico City |
| 11:00 | 11:00 am | 23:00 (previous day) | After hours in Mexico City |
| 11:30 | 11:30 am | 23:30 (previous day) | After hours in Mexico City |
| 12:00 | 12:00 pm | 00:00 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 12:30 | 12:30 pm | 00:30 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 13:00 | 1:00 pm | 01:00 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 13:30 | 1:30 pm | 01:30 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 14:00 | 2:00 pm | 02:00 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 14:30 | 2:30 pm | 02:30 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 15:00 | 3:00 pm | 03:00 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 15:30 | 3:30 pm | 03:30 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 16:00 | 4:00 pm | 04:00 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 16:30 | 4:30 pm | 04:30 | Too early in Mexico City |
| 17:00 | 5:00 pm | 05:00 | Outside both |
| 17:30 | 5:30 pm | 05:30 | Outside both |
| 18:00 | 6:00 pm | 06:00 | Outside both |
| 18:30 | 6:30 pm | 06:30 | Outside both |
| 19:00 | 7:00 pm | 07:00 | Outside both |
| 19:30 | 7:30 pm | 07:30 | Outside both |
| 20:00 | 8:00 pm | 08:00 | Outside both |
| 20:30 | 8:30 pm | 08:30 | Outside both |
| 21:00 | 9:00 pm | 09:00 | After hours in Dhaka |
| 21:30 | 9:30 pm | 09:30 | After hours in Dhaka |
Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 in Dhaka and 09:00–18:00 in Mexico City, which are the customary hours in each city rather than a generic nine to five.