Time in Ecuador now

04:50:07AM

Saturday, February 7, 2026

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 same time as 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.

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