What time is it in Ecuador?
12:42:16
Friday 13 November 2026
- Time zone UTC−05:00
- No daylight saving time
Daylight saving time in Ecuador
No daylight saving time: the same time all year round.
Day and night around the world
- Ecuador
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- twilight
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Nearby countries
Good to know about the time in Ecuador
Mainland Ecuador is on UTC−5 all year round, with no daylight saving time: it is 6 hours behind France in January and 7 hours behind in July. The Galápagos Islands are 1 hour behind the mainland. Time in Quito · Time in Guayaquil
The country takes its name from the equator, which passes some twenty kilometres north of Quito: day and night each last about twelve hours there all year round.
Time in the cities of Ecuador
Other places: Machala, Loja, Manta Ecuador, Riobamba, Ibarra, Esmeraldas, Quevedo, Latacunga, Daule, Milagro, Tulcán, Babahoyo, La Libertad, El Empalme, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Pasaje, Chone, Salinas, Santa Elena, Rosa Zarate, Santa Rosa, Balzar, Huaquillas, Ventanas, Bahía de Caráquez, La Troncal, Jipijapa, Azogues, Naranjito, Vinces, El Triunfo, Naranjal, Posorja, General Villamil, Pomasqui, Yaguachi Nuevo, El Guabo, Cayambe, Arenillas, Machachi. Their pages are in French in the city directory.