Current time in Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador Time
UTC−05:00- Time zone
- Ecuador Time · America/Guayaquil
- UTC offset now
- UTC−05:00
- Abbreviation
- ECT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC−5 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Pichincha, Ecuador (capital) · 0.23° S, 78.52° W
- Population
- 2,781,641
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Quito at about 12:14 standard time: the clock runs about 14 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:58 and 12:28 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:18 | 18:24 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:12 | 18:19 | 12h 07m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:03 | 18:10 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:08 | 18:16 | 12h 08m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:01–18:07 (12 h 7 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Cali, Colombia · 460 km
- Bogotá, Colombia · 730 km
- Medellín, Colombia · 790 km
- Trujillo, Peru · 880 km
- Panama City, Panama · 1,030 km
- Benjamin Constant, Brazil · 1,050 km