El Arenal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 0.6719, -78.9915
- Region
- Esmeraldas
- Country
- Ecuador, South America
- Capital
- Quito — 113 km away
- Same name
- 236 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Arenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
This page reports the local time in El Arenal, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, set by the America/Guayaquil time zone (−5).
El Arenal, Ecuador
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in El Arenal
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Arenal, Esmeraldas.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:58 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 12 h 05 min Night 11 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:37 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in El Arenal right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
El Arenal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 080203 San Jose De Cayapas-Telembi-Borbon-Atahualpa (Cab. En Camarones) — 7.9 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 Esmeraldas
- Esmeraldas 218 727
- Rosa Zarate 42 121
- San Lorenzo De Esmeraldas 20 209
- Muisne 13 393
- Valdez 11 441
- Pampanal De Bolivar 1 118
Other places named El Arenal
- El Arenal Jalisco, Mexico
- El Arenal Hidalgo, Mexico
- El Arenal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Arenal Chiapas, Mexico
- El Arenal Veracruz, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Balzar — 2.0 km
- Sabalito — 2.8 km
- Corriente Larga — 3.9 km
- El Encanto — 4.3 km
- Calle Manza — 4.8 km
- La Tranca — 5.8 km
Time and daylight in El Arenal
Look for sunrise at 5:58 AM and sunset at 6:03 PM in El Arenal today. The day carries 12 h 05 min of light.
No adjustment is needed moving between El Arenal, Balzar and Sabalito.
El Arenal is served by a set of 1 postal code.
Time zone for El Arenal: America/Guayaquil, running at UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to El Arenal?
- The time zone assigned to El Arenal is America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
- Does El Arenal change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in El Arenal: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in El Arenal?
- Sunrise is at 5:58 AM and sunset at 6:03 PM.