Central America Time Zones

The central America region is divided into 5 time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern time zone as also illustrated in the below map. For the Caribbean islands refer to the Caribbean page.

Mexico is the only country with all four time zones. It is also the only country observing daylight savings (with the exclusion of the state Quintana Roo).

Specific time information can be found on the individual pages.

central america time zone map large
Pacific Time Mountain Time Central Time Eastern Time Atlantic Time
Pacific Time Mountain Time Central Time Eastern Time Atlantic Time
Mexico * Mexico * Mexico * Panama
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
* = multiple time zones