What time is it in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
This page reports the local time in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, set by the America/Merida time zone (−6).
Palenque, Mexico
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC−6 · America/Merida
Local time in Palenque
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Palenque, Chiapas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 12:14 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 12 h 23 min Night 11 h 37 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:47 PM
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Palenque and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 29963
- 29968
- 70736
- 86930
- 95422
- 95833
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Chiapas
- Tuxtla 604 147
- Tapachula 353 706
- San Cristobal De Las Casas 215 874
- Comitan 166 178
- Pijijiapan 50 079
- Chiapa De Corzo 45 077
Other places named Palenque
- Palenque Chiapas, Mexico
- Palenque Los Ríos, Ecuador
- Palenque Colón, Panama
- Palenque Jalisco, Mexico
- Palenque Colón, Panama
Same time zone — America/Merida
- Merida Mexico
Nearby places
- Nuevo Mezcalapa — 0.2 km
- America Libre — 1.4 km
- Zacate Largo — 1.9 km
- La Clinica — 2.5 km
- Las Pimientas — 2.9 km
- Absalon Castellanos Dominguez — 3.2 km
Local time details for Palenque
Palenque, Nuevo Mezcalapa and Las Pimientas all run on one and the same time.
The full list of postal codes for Palenque runs to 6.
Time in Palenque follows the zone America/Merida, offset UTC−6. Seasonal clock shift: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Palenque at 6:02 AM and leaves it at 6:25 PM. Daylight comes to 12 h 23 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Palenque?
- The time zone local to Palenque is America/Merida, with an offset of −6.
- Does Palenque change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Palenque: No.
- When does light arrive in Palenque?
- Light arrives at 6:02 AM.