Matamoros

America • Matamoros

Mexico

Current local time

00:00:56

Sunday, May 31, 2026

UTC offset

UTC-05:00

Status

Daylight saving

Next transition

November 1, 2026 at 01:00 AM

Daylight saving timeline

Daylight saving

Matamoros toggles between daylight and standard time annually. Clocks fall back by one hour in 5 months (November 1, 2026 at 01:00 AM).

Daylight saving since

March 8, 2026 at 03:00 AM

3 months ago

Standard time resumes on

November 1, 2026 at 01:00 AM

in 5 months

35% through the current daylight saving season.

Timezone details

Identifier
Abbreviation
—
Transitioned
March 8, 2026 at 03:00 AM

Location

Latitude
25.83333
Longitude
-97.5
Country
Mexico

Central Standard Time (CST)

FAQs

Central Standard Time (CST) spans 25 zones from Central America into the heart of North America, where many clocks stay fixed year-round while others typically spring forward for daylight saving. That mixed rhythm calls for extra care when scheduling across the region, especially during the months when parts of the U.S. and Canada shift ahead while Mexico and Central America often hold steady.

  • Why is this region called Central Standard Time?

    It’s named for the central belt of North America where the standard offset is UTC‑06:00, covering much of Mexico, Central America, and the U.S. and Canadian central corridors.

  • What’s unique about Central Standard Time?

    The region is split: around a third of its member zones observe daylight saving while the rest do not, so clocks aren’t aligned all year.

  • Do all of Mexico use CST?

    No. Most of Mexico historically fell into the Central zone, but some border areas follow U.S. daylight-saving rules and others keep CST permanently.

  • When does daylight saving usually apply here?

    In the parts of the U.S. and Canada that do observe it, clocks typically spring forward in March and fall back in November.

  • Which central time zones currently observe daylight saving?

    Major U.S. central zones like Chicago and parts of Indiana, plus central Canadian zones, are the ones typically shifting for daylight saving.

  • Which central time zones do not observe daylight saving?

    Central American nations such as Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua stay on CST year-round, as do parts of Mexico like Bahia_Banderas.

  • How many countries are included in this region?

    The sample includes mostly Mexico, the United States, Canada, and several Central American nations such as Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

  • Which zone is used as the representative for CST on this page?

    America/Bahia_Banderas (Mexico), which stays on UTC‑06:00 year-round with no daylight saving transitions.

  • When did the representation last change?

    For America/Bahia_Banderas, the current fixed CST offset has been in effect since 2022-10-30 at 01:00 CST.