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What time is it in Principal, Azuay, Ecuador

See what time it currently is in Principal, Azuay, Ecuador — the time zone there is America/Guayaquil (−5).

Principal, Ecuador

Saturday, 17 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil

Local time in Principal

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Principal keeps America/Guayaquil clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 12 h 11 min Night 11 h 49 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:28 PM

Weather in Principal right now

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Principal and its neighbours

Gueel Rugcaj Delegsol Chocar Shotor Curin Principal
Principal at -3.0237, -78.7537 with the nearest towns within 4.1 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.

Principal in numbers

Coordinates
-3.0237, -78.7537
Region
Azuay
Country
Ecuador, South America
Capital
Quito — 312 km away
Same name
2 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Azuay

Other places named Principal

Same time zone — America/Guayaquil

Nearby places

Time and daylight in Principal

Principal runs on America/Guayaquil, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.

Daylight arrives in Principal at 5:56 AM and departs at 6:07 PM. It lasts 12 h 11 min today.

Guel and Gueel sit close to Principal and run on the same clock.

The postal system lists 4 codes for Principal.

Questions and answers

How can I identify the time zone of Principal?
The time zone of Principal is America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
Is the offset in Principal changed for daylight saving?
No.
When is the sun up in Principal?
The sun comes up at 5:56 AM.
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