Punta Arena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 0.8660, -79.8620
- Region
- Esmeraldas
- Country
- Ecuador, South America
- Capital
- Quito — 192 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Punta Arena, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
This page shows the time as it is now in Punta Arena, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, in the America/Guayaquil time zone (−5).
Punta Arena, Ecuador
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in Punta Arena
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Punta Arena, Esmeraldas.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 12 h 05 min Night 11 h 55 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 6:29 PM
Weather in Punta Arena right now
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Punta Arena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 080305 Atacames — 0.8 km away
- 080304 La Union — 6.2 km away
- 080306 Tonsupa — 10.1 km away
- 080303 Sua (Cab En La Bocana)-Tonchigue — 12.8 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 Punta Arena
- Punta Arena Chiapas, Mexico
- Punta Arena Piura, Peru
- Punta Arena Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Punta Arena Izabal Department, Guatemala
- Punta Arena Piura, Peru
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- La Perla — 0.3 km
- Nueva Granada — 0.5 km
- Vista al Mar — 0.6 km
- El Triunfo — 1.2 km
- Flor de Azalea — 1.3 km
- Sua — 1.4 km
Punta Arena: clock, sun and surroundings
4 postal codes are listed for Punta Arena.
Punta Arena keeps the America/Guayaquil zone, which is UTC−5. Whether summer time is observed: No.
In Punta Arena today the sun is out from 6:02 AM until 6:08 PM. That comes to 12 h 05 min of daylight.
Neighbouring La Perla and Nueva Granada keep the same hours as Punta Arena.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Punta Arena?
- The clock in Punta Arena follows America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
- Is the time in Punta Arena adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Punta Arena?
- It disappears at 6:08 PM.