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IAH Houston ⇄ MEX Mexico City

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (United States) and Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (Mexico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,232 km765 mi665 nautical miles
IAH → MEX2 h 30 minestimated block time
MEX → IAH2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hMexico City vs Houston, today
Great-circle route from Houston (IAH) to Mexico City (MEX)IAHHoustonMEXMexico City
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

IAH → MEX

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 199° (SSW).

Leave Houston Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mexico City Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 local.

MEX → IAH

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 17° (NNE).

Leave Mexico City Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Houston Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

The two directions differ by 3 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,232 km · 765 mi · 665 nmi
Initial heading199° (SSW) from IAH; 17° (NNE) from MEX
Farthest from the equator30.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

IAHAmerica/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
MEXAmerica/Mexico_City — UTC−6 now; UTC−6 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMexico City is 1 hour behind Houston today; ±0 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying IAH → MEX. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

IAH George Bush Intercontinental AirportHouston, United States · longest runway 12,001 ft3,658 m MEX Mexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico City, Mexico · longest runway 12,966 ft3,952 m

More routes from IAH and MEX

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Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).