Time in Ecuador now
7:04AMUTC−5
UTC−5+0 h vs New York (you)America/Guayaquil
No clock changes: Ecuador stays on UTC−5 all year.
Time zones in Ecuador now
| Zone | Time now | Offset now | Rules | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galapagos time | 6:04 AM UTC−6 | UTC−6 | UTC−6 all year | — · Galapagos Islands |
| Quito time | 7:04 AM UTC−5 | UTC−5 | UTC−5 all year | Quito · Ecuador (mainland) |
Time zone in Ecuador
Ecuador has 2 different clock settings under the current rules, from UTC−6 in Galapagos to UTC−5 in Quito. The clock at the top shows the capital, Quito, on UTC−5 all year.
The IANA time zone database divides Ecuador into 2 zones. It needs more zones than there are clock settings because it also records history: two regions that keep the same time today get separate entries if their clocks differed at any point since 1970.
Quito lies at 78.5° west, where mean solar time is UTC−5:14 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 14 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Ecuador
No. None of Ecuador’s regions changes its clocks under the current rules.
Quito last used daylight saving time in the southern summer of 1992–93.
Clock history of Ecuador
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−5:19 in Guayaquil), which ended on January 1, 1890, when QMT (UTC−5:14) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 1 of the 55 years, most recently in 1992. The first summer time in the record dates from 1992. The table summarises the clocks of Quito year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/Guayaquil.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1991 | UTC−5 all year | — |
| 1992 | UTC−5 until November 28, then UTC−4 | — |
| 1993 | UTC−4 until February 5, then UTC−5 | — |
| 1994 onward | UTC−5 all year | — |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Ecuador time
Time difference between Ecuador and major cities
| City | Local time now | Ecuador vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +0 h | 0 h | −1 h | 8 h / 7 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| London | 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −6 h | 3 h / 2 h |
| Berlin | 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −7 h | 2 h / 1 h |
| Dubai | 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −9 h | −9 h | −9 h | none / none |
| New Delhi | 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h 30 min | −10 h 30 min | −10 h 30 min | none / none |
| Singapore | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −13 h | −13 h | −13 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −13 h | −13 h | −13 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −14 h | −14 h | −14 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Ecuador’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Quito overlaps London’s for 3 h in January (9:00 AM–12:00 PM Quito time), 2 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Quito it is 2:00 PM in London.
Quito and New Delhi share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Quito, it is 7:30 PM in New Delhi. A call has to be early or late for one side: 9:30 PM the day before in Quito is 8:00 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Quito and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| San José Costa Rica | 1,290 km | 6:04 AM CST | −1 h |
| Maracaibo Venezuela | 1,430 km | 8:04 AM UTC−4 | +1 h |
Same clock as Ecuador
These places keep exactly the same time as Ecuador all year under the current rules (zones America/Bogota, America/Cancun, America/Eirunepe, America/Jamaica, America/Lima and 3 more).
Cities in Ecuador
Ecuador at a glance
- CapitalQuito
- Population18,289,896
- Time zone IDAmerica/Guayaquil
- Standard timeUTC−5
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+593