Know your time zones when travelling abroad

Here’s a breakdown of the time differences between each of the countries you listed and four major U.S. time zones:

• West Coast = Pacific Time (PT)
  
• Midwest = Central Time (CT)
  
• Central (U.S.) = often overlaps with CT (used interchangeably here)
  
• East Coast = Eastern Time (ET)
  

Assuming current time is June 2025, and all U.S. time zones are on Daylight Saving Time (DST) (i.e., PDT, CDT, EDT):

Country	Local Time Zone	vs West Coast (PDT)	vs Midwest (CDT)	vs East Coast (EDT)
Mexico (Mexico City)	UTC -6 (No DST)	+1 hour	Same time	-1 hour
Belize	UTC -6 (No DST)	+1 hour	Same time	-1 hour
Jamaica	UTC -5 (No DST)	+2 hours	+1 hour	Same time
Kenya	UTC +3	+10 hours	+8 hours	+7 hours
Tanzania	UTC +3	+10 hours	+8 hours	+7 hours
Uganda	UTC +3	+10 hours	+8 hours	+7 hours

Notes:

• U.S. DST shifts U.S. time 1 hour forward (e.g., PDT = UTC-7 instead of UTC-8).
  
• Mexico, Belize, Jamaica, and East African countries do not observe DST, so differences are larger during U.S. summer months.