What Time Is It at Cancún Airport (CUN)?
- Time zone now
- Eastern Standard Time, UTC−5
- Zulu now
- UTC
- From you
- Sunrise / sunset
- Next clock change
- None, no daylight saving
- Location
- 21.041, -86.873
Cancún (CUN) is on Eastern Standard Time, UTC−5 (EST) all year. Its clocks don't change for daylight saving time. The airport is in Cancún, Mexico. Its codes are CUN (IATA, the one on your boarding pass) and MMUN (ICAO, the one pilots and air traffic control use).
Zulu Time and CUN
To get local time from Zulu, subtract 5 hours, all year. Going the other way, from local time to Zulu, do the opposite.
For example, a METAR or flight plan time of 1500Z is 10:00 a.m. local at CUN.
Daylight Saving Time
Cancún doesn't use daylight saving time, so the offset from Zulu stays at UTC−5 all year. When other places change their clocks, the difference between CUN and those places changes by an hour instead.
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Common Questions
What time zone is CUN airport in?
Cancún Airport (CUN) uses the America/Cancun time zone, Eastern Standard Time. That's UTC−5 all year.
Does CUN change its clocks for daylight saving time?
No. Cancún stays at UTC−5 all year.
How do I convert Zulu time to local time at CUN?
To get local time from Zulu, subtract 5 hours, all year. Going the other way, from local time to Zulu, do the opposite.
Times here come from your browser's clock and the international time zone database. Sunrise and sunset are estimates, good to a few minutes. AvClock is for reference only, not for navigation or flight planning.