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Time in Ecuador now

13:15:23

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

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Ecuador (incl. Galapagos Islands) has 2 time zones. The time zone for the capital Quito is used here.
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Time zone info for Ecuador

UTC -5

Ecuador Time (ECT)
now 1 hour behind New York

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.