Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Quintana Roo
• Level 2: Benito Juárez

Current local time in Cancún:

12:51 AM, Tuesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Cancún on map:^[1]

Cancún GPS coordinates^[2]

21° 10' 27.444" North, 86° 50' 47.616" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	21.82848°,	-87.54969°
Center:	21.17429°,	-86.84656°
Lower-right:	20.51719°,	-86.14344°
Map W x H:	145.8×145.8 km	= 90.6×90.6mi

max Lat:	32.7°   ⇑21.1% North
Cancún:	21.17429°
min Lat:	⇓78.9% South 14.53588°

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min Long	Cancún	max Long
-117.105°	-86.84656°	-86.73105°
W 100%⇐		⇒0% E

Elevation

Elevation of Cancún is 11 m = 36 ft, and this is 1242.7 m = 4077 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3497 m = 11473 ft	96.3%
Avg.	1253.7 m = 4113 ft
Cancún	11 m = 36 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	3.7%

See also: Cancún elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Cancún is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 251.6 km =156.3 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Cancún
North Pole	7652.7	4755.2	to North
Arctic Circle	5046.8	3135.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	251.6	156.3	to North
Equator	2354.4	1463	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Cancún: (largest is in red/bold)

• Alfredo V. Bonfil 9.6 km =6 mi, 180°
• Chiquilá 58.2 km =36.2 mi, 299°
• Cozumel 75.6 km =47 mi, 187°
• El Porvenir 19.2 km =11.9 mi, 236°
• El Tintal 71.6 km =44.5 mi, 243°
• Isla Holbox 67.4 km =41.9 mi, 305°
• Isla Mujeres 13.5 km =8.4 mi, 62°
• Kantunilkín 66.8 km =41.5 mi, 263°
• Las Fincas 75.5 km =46.9 mi, 185°
• Leona Vicario 42.2 km =26.2 mi, 240°
• Playa del Carmen 65.5 km =40.7 mi, 201°
• San Angel 61 km =37.9 mi, 276°
• Solferino 63.5 km =39.5 mi, 288°
• Vicente Guerrero 70.3 km =43.7 mi, 252°
• Zona Urbana Ejido Isla Mujeres 5.7 km =3.5 mi, 352°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Канкун
• In Chinese: 坎昆