La Tortuga in numbers
- Coordinates
- 0.5897, -79.9536
- Region
- Esmeraldas
- Country
- Ecuador, South America
- Capital
- Quito — 183 km away
- Same name
- 67 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in La Tortuga, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Local time right now in La Tortuga, Esmeraldas, Ecuador appears above, in the America/Guayaquil time zone (−5).
La Tortuga, Ecuador
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in La Tortuga
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in La Tortuga.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 12 h 06 min Night 11 h 54 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:29 PM
Weather in La Tortuga right now
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La Tortuga and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 080301 San Gregorio-Muisne — 8.8 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 Tortuga
- La Tortuga Querétaro, Mexico
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- La Tortuga Zacatecas, Mexico
- La Tortuga Guanajuato, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Canton Muisne — 1.0 km
- Las Vacas — 1.1 km
- La Perla — 3.4 km
- Las Mareas de Bilsa — 4.4 km
- San Carlos — 4.5 km
- Boca del Sucio — 5.0 km
Local time details for La Tortuga
The local zone in La Tortuga is America/Guayaquil, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
The sun shows itself over La Tortuga at 6:02 AM and sets at 6:07 PM today. That is 12 h 06 min of light.
No adjustment is needed moving between La Tortuga, Canton Muisne and Las Vacas.
La Tortuga takes in 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- How is La Tortuga's time zone listed?
- La Tortuga's time zone is listed as America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in La Tortuga?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in La Tortuga?
- It disappears at 6:07 PM.