Time difference between Puerto Vallarta and Beijing
Beijing is 14 hours ahead of Puerto Vallarta.
Local time in both cities
Puerto Vallarta · Mexico
10:52
MexicoBeijing · China
00:52
ChinaBeijing is 14 hours ahead of Puerto Vallarta.
already the next day
Time zones
| Puerto Vallarta | America/Mexico_City · UTC-06:00 |
|---|---|
| Beijing | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
Puerto Vallarta does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC-06:00 all year.
Beijing does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+08:00 all year.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-21 local time in Puerto Vallarta. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Puerto Vallarta (source) | Beijing (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 14:00 |
| 01:00 | 15:00 |
| 02:00 | 16:00 |
| 03:00 | 17:00 |
| 04:00 | 18:00 |
| 05:00 | 19:00 |
| 06:00 | 20:00 |
| 07:00 | 21:00 |
| 08:00 | 22:00 |
| 09:00 | 23:00 |
| 10:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 11:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 12:00 | 02:00 next day |
| 13:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 14:00 | 04:00 next day |
| 15:00 | 05:00 next day |
| 16:00 | 06:00 next day |
| 17:00 | 07:00 next day |
| 18:00 | 08:00 next day |
| 19:00 | 09:00 next day |
| 20:00 | 10:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 11:00 next day |
| 22:00 | 12:00 next day |
| 23:00 | 13:00 next day |
Other common differences from Puerto Vallarta
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Puerto Vallarta and Beijing right now?
- The answer at the top of the page is calculated for the current moment and states which side is ahead. The gap changes during the year, because the two places usually start and end daylight saving on different dates.
- Is this difference the same all year?
- Not necessarily. Puerto Vallarta uses America/Mexico_City and Beijing uses Asia/Shanghai; if either observes daylight saving, the gap shifts during the year. Use “Convert a specific date and time” below to calculate it for a given day.
- How do I read the conversion table?
- The left column lists each whole hour in Puerto Vallarta; the right column is the local time in Beijing at that same instant, with date rollovers marked. On the day clocks jump forward, some hours do not exist locally — the table says so instead of showing a plausible but wrong value.