El Cacao in numbers
- Coordinates
- 0.7176, -79.8118
- Region
- Esmeraldas
- Country
- Ecuador, South America
- Capital
- Quito — 178 km away
- Same name
- 104 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Cacao, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
The clock for El Cacao, Esmeraldas, Ecuador is kept here in the America/Guayaquil time zone (−5).
El Cacao, Ecuador
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in El Cacao
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
El Cacao keeps America/Guayaquil clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 12 h 05 min Night 11 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:28 PM
Weather in El Cacao right now
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El Cacao and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 080123 Tabiazo-Crnel. Carlos C. Torres (Cab. En Huele) — 9.9 km away
- 080304 La Union — 11.9 km away
- 080303 Sua (Cab En La Bocana)-Tonchigue — 13.9 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 Cacao
- El Cacao San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
- El Cacao Monseñor Nouel, Dominican Republic
- El Cacao Los Santos Province, Panama
- El Cacao Guerrero, Mexico
- El Cacao Veraguas Province, Panama
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Santa Teresa — 2.4 km
- El Playón — 3.9 km
- San Enrique — 4.2 km
- Boca de Tazones — 4.9 km
- Agua Fría — 5.1 km
- Las Vegas — 6.1 km
About the time in El Cacao
El Cacao is placed in America/Guayaquil, and its offset from UTC is −5. Daylight saving observed here: No.
Sunlight reaches El Cacao at 6:01 AM and fades after 6:07 PM today. The span is 12 h 05 min.
In Santa Teresa and El Playón the clock agrees with El Cacao.
3 postal codes have been allocated to El Cacao.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to El Cacao?
- The time zone assigned to El Cacao is America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
- Does El Cacao keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in El Cacao: No.
- What time is last light in El Cacao?
- The sun sets at 6:07 PM.