San José in numbers
- Coordinates
- 0.2601, -79.5994
- Region
- Esmeraldas
- Country
- Ecuador, South America
- Capital
- Quito — 131 km away
- Same name
- 2295 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San José, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Right now in San José, Esmeraldas, Ecuador the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Guayaquil zone (−5).
San José, Ecuador
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in San José
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
San José keeps America/Guayaquil clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 12:03 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 12 h 06 min Night 11 h 54 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 6:28 PM
Weather in San José right now
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San José and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 080405 Rosa Zarate (Quininde) — 12.6 km away
- 080401 Rosa Zarate (Quininde) — 13.7 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 San José
- San Jose California, United States
- San Jose Heredia Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose San José, Costa Rica
- San Jose Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Jose Mimaropa, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Primero De Mayo — 1.4 km
- Emilio Huerta — 3.0 km
- Juncal — 3.4 km
- Canton Quininde — 5.1 km
- San Ramon — 5.2 km
- Boca De Sabaleta — 5.6 km
San José: clock, sun and surroundings
No adjustment is needed moving between San José, Primero De Mayo and Emilio Huerta.
San José contains 2 postal codes.
San José operates on America/Guayaquil at UTC−5. Daylight saving time used here: No.
Today's schedule for San José: sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 6:06 PM. That gives 12 h 06 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in San José listed?
- The time zone in San José is listed as America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in San José changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in San José?
- Daylight begins at 6:00 AM.