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What time is it in Machala, Loja, Ecuador

What follows is the current local time in Machala, Loja, Ecuador, in the America/Guayaquil zone (−5).

Machala, Ecuador

Sunday, 8 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil

Local time in Machala

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Machala, Loja.

The sun today

Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 12 h 15 min Night 11 h 45 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:32 PM

Weather in Machala right now

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Machala and its neighbours

Ganan La Florida Toctepamba Machala
Machala at -3.4891, -79.3367 with the nearest towns within 13.2 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Machala in numbers

Coordinates
-3.4891, -79.3367
Region
Loja
Country
Ecuador, South America
Capital
Quito — 373 km away
Same name
3 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Loja

Other places named Machala

Same time zone — America/Guayaquil

Nearby places

About the time in Machala

The time zone in effect for Machala is America/Guayaquil, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: No.

The sun shows itself over Machala at 5:55 AM and sets at 6:10 PM today. That is 12 h 15 min of light.

Ganan and Canil are neighbours of Machala on the same clock.

Machala contains 12 postal codes.

Questions and answers

How can I identify the time zone of Machala?
The time zone of Machala is America/Guayaquil, with an offset of −5.
Does daylight saving time reach Machala?
Daylight saving time in Machala: No.
When does the sun come up in Machala?
Sunrise in Machala is at 5:55 AM.
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