Mexico Travel Information

Travel Alert Status

Do Not Travel To:

Colima state due to crime and kidnapping.

Guerrero state due to crime.

Michoacan state due to crime and kidnapping.

Sinaloa state due to crime and kidnapping

Tamaulipas state due to crime and kidnapping.

Zacatecas state due to crime and kidnapping.

Reconsider Travel To:

Baja California state due to crime and kidnapping.

Chihuahua state due to crime and kidnapping.

Durango state due to crime.

Guanajuato state due to crime and kidnapping.

Jalisco state due to crime and kidnapping.

Morelos state due to crime.

Sonora state due to crime and kidnapping.

Time Difference

UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

time zone note: Mexico has four time zones

Travel Climate

With a climate that varies from tropical to desert, the terrain ranges from high rugged mountains to low coastal plains and high plateaus to desert. Mexican natural hazards include tsunamis on the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes at the center and south, and hurricanes on the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts.

Travel Currency

19.63

Language Spoken

Spanish only 93.8%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.4%, indigenous only 0.6%, unspecified 0.2%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages

Languages

Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%

Note: indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages

Ethnic Groups

Mestizo (Indigenous-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Indigenous 21%, Indigenous 7%, other 10% (mostly European)

National Holiday

Independence Day, 16 September (1810)

Geographic Coordinates

23 00 N, 102 00 W

Location

North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States

Airports

243

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