Current time in Quito
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Quito, Ecuador · America/Guayaquil · UTC-05:00
Time-zone identity for Quito
- 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.
Quito is currently 5 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Quito
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Quito
Conditions near Quito and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 11°C
- Humidity
- 60%
- Wind
- 9.4 km/h E
- Recent precipitation
- 0.1 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny8°C to 23°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.7 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby10°C to 18°C40% chance of precipitationWind up to 11.9 km/h
- Sunny8°C to 21°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 12.6 km/h
Forecast valid from 18:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:12:57.495Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:27:57.495Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Quito
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Quito
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in America/Guayaquil local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:17
- Sunset
- 18:23
- Solar noon
- 12:20
- Civil twilight
- 05:55–18:46
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:22
- Moonset
- 20:46
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Quito, capital of Ecuador
Quito is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Ecuador. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Ecuador
- Administrative area
- Pichincha, Ecuador
- Population
- 2,781,641
- Coordinates
- 0.2298° S, 78.5250° W. The elevation is 2,854 metres.
Country context
Ecuador at a glance
Country information for Ecuador. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Quito is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- EC · ECU · 218
- Population
- 17,084,357
- Currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Calling code
- +593
- Languages
- Spanish (Ecuador)
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: America/Guayaquil.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Quito
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Quito. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- PomasquiPichincha, Ecuador21 km north
America/GuayaquilSame local time - MachachiPichincha, Ecuador32 km south
America/GuayaquilSame local time - CayambePichincha, Ecuador52 km northeast
America/GuayaquilSame local time - OtavaloImbabura, Ecuador59 km northeast
America/GuayaquilSame local time - AtuntaquiImbabura, Ecuador71 km northeast
America/GuayaquilSame local time - Santo Domingo de los ColoradosSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador72 km west
America/GuayaquilSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Guayaquil when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3652462 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:12:57.476Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:12:57.495Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:12:57.494Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.