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Time in Ecuador now

03:04:33AM

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

World Metrology Day / World Bee Day

Ecuador (incl. Galapagos Islands) has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Quito is used here.
Sun: ↑ 06:06AM ↓ 06:15PM (12h 9m) - More info - Make Ecuador time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Ecuador

UTC -5

Ecuador Time (ECT)
now 1 hour behind New York

The time in Ecuador is the same as the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 1 hour behind the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Ecuador has not had daylight saving time since 1993.
The IANA time zone identifier for Ecuador is America/Guayaquil.

Time difference
from Ecuador

Los Angeles	−2 hours	−2 hours
Chicago	0
New York	+1 hours
Toronto	+1 hours
São Paulo	+2 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
London	+6 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Paris	+7 hours
Zurich	+7 hours
Cairo	+8 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+15 hours

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Ecuador on the map

Continent: South America
Area: 283,560 km²
Capital: Quito
Currency: Dollar (USD)
Calling code: +593
Internet top level domain: .ec
Latitude: -1.25. Longitude: -78.25
Population: 17,084,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Ecuador 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.