Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico uses America/Mazatlan, currently MST (UTC-07:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Tepic is a city in Mexico, home to around 332,900 people. Unlike many places, it does not observe daylight saving time.
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Tepic is the capital of Nayarit in western Mexico, in a valley beneath the Sanganguey volcano at an elevation that keeps it cooler than the coast. The centre is colonial around the cathedral and the main square.
The city is the cultural centre for the Huichol and Cora peoples of the surrounding sierra, and its museums hold significant collections of their beadwork and yarn paintings. The Pacific beaches at San Blas and the surf towns of the Riviera Nayarit are within reach, and the crater lake of Santa María del Oro lies south.
The centre is walkable and buses and taxis cover the city. Roads run west to the coast and south toward Guadalajara, and note that Nayarit keeps a different clock from neighbouring Jalisco.
The dry months from late autumn to spring are the most comfortable. The summer rainy season brings heavy afternoon storms to the sierra.
Mexico uses the MXN, calling code +52.
Mexico uses the peso, and Spanish is the language with indigenous languages spoken in the surrounding sierra. Greetings precede business, and cash is preferred outside the larger businesses.
