If you’re visiting the west coast of Mexico for the first time, you may be asking yourself:
- What is the Current Time in Puerto Vallarta?
and maybe…
- What time zone is the city located in?
Keep on reading, you’ll get an answer to both questions.
Current time in Puerto Vallarta
Clock on the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Is Puerto Vallarta on Central Time?
Yes, Puerto Vallarta’s time zone is Central Time Zone, which includes the state of Jalisco, Chicago, and Dallas.
CST, Central Time Zone includes Puerto Vallarta
Is Puerto Vallarta on Daylight Savings Time?
- Puerto Vallarta is in the “America / Mexico_City” GMT / UTC -6.0″ time zone. When it’s summer we are in the “GMT / UTC -5.0” time zone and during winter time we change to the “GMT / UTC -6.0” time zone. Exact dates here.
- Puerto Vallarta is, therefore, in the CST zone and includes the entire state of Jalisco, along with Guadalajara and cities of the United States of America such as Chicago and Dallas (during the summertime period it passes to CDT).
- The municipality of Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, switched to the Central Time Zone in April 2010, to help tourists and avoid complications.
- Nuevo Vallarta is therefore on the same time zone as Puerto Vallarta.
- Bahia de Banderas Municipality includes these other tourist destinations and towns in the same time zone:
- The rest of Nayarit remains on Mountain Standard Time.
Useful information
- Find out more on Daylight Saving Time and the dates when it changes ahead and back here.
- Compare the time in Puerto Vallarta with any other important city in the world.
- What time is the sunset in Puerto Vallarta (sunrise)? – click here
Last Updated on 11/02/2022 by Puerto Vallarta Net
I’m curious to know what time it is in Puerto Vallarta since I am planning on visiting there soon and want to make sure my schedule aligns with the local time zone.
On this page you should see a clock running that shows the time in Puerto Vallarta. It looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/045oAkc.png
If not, another way is to write “what time is it in puerto vallarta” on Google and it’ll show it.
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