Geocodio has long supported geocoding in the US and Canada, and we’ve now expanded coverage to include Mexico! 🇲🇽

• Forward geocoding (converting addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates)

• Parsing and standardizing addresses

• Reverse geocoding (converting coordinates to addresses)

• Timezone data appends

• Distance calculations

With this release, you can now use one provider for geocoding, address standardization, and distance calculations across all three major North American countries.

What’s Included

Forward geocoding for Mexico

You can send a Mexican street address to Geocodio and get back latitude/longitude coordinates with parsed and standardized addresses, just like you've always been able to do with US and Canadian addresses. This works across all of our tools:

• API: Pass Mexican addresses to the /geocode endpoint. View docs

• Spreadsheet uploads: Upload a spreadsheet of Mexican addresses and get coordinates back.

• Maps: Geocode and map Mexican addresses in Geocodio Maps.

Reverse geocoding for Mexico

Convert latitude/longitude coordinates in Mexico into approximate addresses using the API or spreadsheet uploads.

Distance calculations for Mexico

Geocodio’s Distance API also supports Mexican addresses and coordinates. You can calculate driving distance, driving time, and straightline distance for routes within Mexico or cross-border routes between the US and Mexico. This includes all three Distance endpoints: single origin Distance, Distance Matrix, and Distance Jobs.

Useful in Many Different Industries

Mexico is the US's largest trading partner, and we have customers who work with data that crosses the border. Here are some examples where Mexico support is relevant:

• Cross-border logistics and supply chain: Calculate driving time from a US warehouse to a distribution center in Mexico, or find the closest border crossing for a fleet of delivery vehicles.

• Retail and real estate site selection: Geocode potential store or facility locations in Mexico alongside existing US and Canadian locations, all in one workflow.

• Healthcare access analysis: Measure driving distance from patient populations near the US-Mexico border to healthcare facilities on either side.

• Research and data analysis: Reverse geocode GPS coordinates collected in Mexico into addresses for analysis, mapping, or reporting.

Having a single provider to handle geocoding and distance for the US, Canada, and Mexico means fewer integrations to manage, one API to learn, and one billing relationship.

How Mexican Addresses Work in Geocodio

Mexican addresses have a different format than US or Canadian addresses. A typical Mexican address may look like this:

Don Bosco Vallarta 3959, 45049 Zapopan, Jal., Mexico

• Street Name, then House Number

• Dependent Locality

• Postal Code (5 digits)

• City Name (applicable if it differs from State Name in urban areas)

• Province Abbreviation

• Country (Mexico, MEX, or MX all accepted)

Geocodio handles the parsing and matching, so you can pass addresses in standard Mexican formats (street name, then house number) or standard US format (house number, then street) and get coordinate and parsed and standardized address results back. "MX" and "Mexico" both work as country identifiers.

When reverse geocoding, Geocodio returns the correct formatted_address and address_lines, e.g., Calle Vietnam 229 instead of 229 Calle Vietnam.

For distance calculations, you can pass Mexican addresses or coordinates directly without pre-geocoding, just like with US and Canadian addresses.

A note on Mexico address data: In Mexico, Geocodio only provides rooftop coordinates. We have full rooftop coverage for every single province in Mexico, as well as a countrywide dataset.

How to Get Started

You don’t have to enable or configure anything for geocoding and data enrichment. Geocoding, address standardization, and timezone appends for Mexico are available for all Geocodio users via API and spreadsheet upload.

When starting from addresses, just be sure to include the country name Mexico, MX, or MEX as the country in your API request or formatted spreadsheet. (Otherwise, the geocoding engine will default to the US.)

For distance calculations including locations in Mexico, make sure Distance is enabled on your API key with the same toggle you would use to allow US and Canadian distance calculations.

Full API reference for geocoding, reverse geocoding, and distance endpoints – View API docs

If you have questions or run into any unexpected results, you can reach out to us anytime for help.