La Palma in numbers
- Coordinates
- 1.1384, -78.9748
- Region
- Esmeraldas
- Country
- Ecuador, South America
- Capital
- Quito — 160 km away
- Same name
- 774 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Palma, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
The time you see here is the local time in La Palma, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, in the America/Guayaquil time zone (−5).
La Palma, Ecuador
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in La Palma
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in La Palma.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 12 h 05 min Night 11 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:25 PM
Weather in La Palma right now
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La Palma and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 080201 La Tola-Pampanal De Bolivar-Valdez (Limones) — 7.6 km away
- 080504 Tambillo — 16.4 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 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 La Palma
- La Palma California, United States
- La Palma Jalisco, Mexico
- La Palma Guanajuato, Mexico
- La Palma Querétaro, Mexico
- La Palma Darién, Panama
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- La Penita — 2.3 km
- Trinidad — 3.2 km
- El Capricho — 3.7 km
- Zaspi — 4.1 km
- Borbon — 5.9 km
- Cantarama — 6.4 km
Local time details for La Palma
The register holds 2 postal codes for La Palma.
La Palma counts hours by America/Guayaquil, which stands at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
Today La Palma sees sunrise at 5:59 AM, sunset at 6:04 PM. Daylight comes out to 12 h 05 min.
The clock in nearby La Penita and Trinidad follows La Palma.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in La Palma?
- The clock in La Palma follows America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in La Palma — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in La Palma: No.
- What is the local sunrise time in La Palma?
- Local sunrise is 5:59 AM.