What time is it in Principal, Azuay, Ecuador
Find the present-moment local time in Principal, Azuay, Ecuador, which uses America/Guayaquil (−5).
Principal, Ecuador
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in Principal
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Principal keeps America/Guayaquil time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:13 AM Solar noon 12:15 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 12 h 04 min Night 11 h 56 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Principal right now
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Principal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 010404 San Martin De Puzhio-Luis Galarza Orellana (Cab. En Delegsol)-Principal-Chordeleg-La Union — 4.7 km away
- 010803 San Bartolome-Guel-Sigsig-Cuchil (Cutchil) — 8.8 km away
- 010405 San Juan-Simon Bolivar (Cab. En Gañanzol) — 9.4 km away
- 010403 Daniel Cordova Toral (El Oriente)-Remigio Crespo Toral (Gulag)-Luis Cordero Vega-Mariano Moreno — 13.4 km away
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.
Largest cities in Azuay
Other places named Principal
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Guel — 1.1 km
- Gueel — 2.8 km
- Rugcaj — 3.0 km
- Cachiguaico — 3.0 km
- Delegsol — 3.1 km
- Canton Sigsig — 3.4 km
Time and daylight in Principal
Postal numbering in Principal covers 4 codes.
Principal runs on America/Guayaquil, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Sunrise comes to Principal at 6:13 AM and sunset at 6:17 PM today. Together that makes 12 h 04 min of light.
Close to Principal, the towns of Rugcaj and Cachiguaico show the same time.
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 6:13 AM.