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Current time in Loja, Ecuador

Friday, 4 September 2026

Ecuador TimeUTC-05:00

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Loja time at a glance

Country
Ecuador
Location
City in Ecuador
Time zone
America/Guayaquil
UTC offset now
UTC-05:00
Current zone label
GMT-5
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Loja

Conditions near Loja and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

12°C

Sunny

Feels like
11°C
Humidity
87%
Wind
9.4 km/h E
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby11°C to 23°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.9 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby11°C to 23°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 18 km/h
  3. Patchy rain nearby11°C to 23°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 18 km/h

Forecast valid from 07:45 local time. Updated 2026-09-04T12:50:45.350Z; refresh due by 2026-09-04T13:05:45.350Z.

Time-zone identity for Loja

IANA zone
America/Guayaquil
UTC offset now
UTC-05:00
Current zone label
GMT-5
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Loja is currently 5 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Loja

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 9 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Loja

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Guayaquil, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Location context

About Loja

Location details for Loja in Ecuador.

Administrative area
Ecuador
Population
274,112
Coordinates
3.9931° S, 79.2042° W. The elevation is 2,060 metres.

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Sources for Loja time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

View 4 sources
  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.