Fall Back: Daylight Saving Time Ends in Vallarta-Nayarit on October 26 Team Angels - PVAngels
October 21, 2014

A brief history and explanation of the annual madness that is daylight saving time. (CGPGrey)

To arrive at the right time for your Sunday activities, remember to turn your clocks back one hour if you are in most parts of Mexico.

Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit will gain an hour at 2:00 am on Sunday, October 26, 2014, by turning back clocks to Central Standard Time.

The majority of the remainder of the world that observes DST will turn their clocks back on Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 am.

Quoted from TimeTemperature.com: In 2010, ten Mexico municipalities which share a border with the United States began Daylight Saving Time three weeks earlier on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November. Previously all of Mexico, with the exception of the state of Sonora which does not observe Daylight Saving Time, began and ended DST at the same time. The Congress of Mexico passed legislation in December 2009 which allowed these ten border cities to adopt a Daylight Saving Time pattern consistent with the United States. The municipalities which are now permitted by law to observe DST consistent with the United States are:

• Acuna, Coahuila
• Anahuac, Nuevo Leon
• Juarez, Chihuahua
• Matamoros, Tamaulipas
• Mexicali, Baja California
• Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
• Ojinaga, Chihuahua
• Piedras Negras, Coahuila
• Reynosa, Tamaulipas
• Tijuana, Baja California

Mexico changed to DST on April 6, 2014, three weeks after the US and Canada changed their clocks on March 9. Now we're changing a week ahead.

The three weeks in the spring before Daylight Saving Time began in Mexico, and one week in the fall after Daylight Saving Time ends in Mexico, makes most of Mexico one hour out of sync with the corresponding US and Canadian time zones. Keep these time differences in mind when making your Mexico travel plans.