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, 18 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in Machala
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Machala, Loja.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:58 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 12 h 12 min Night 11 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:37 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Machala right now
Loading the current weather…
Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.
Machala and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 070201
- 070202
- 070203
- 070204
- 070205
- 070206
- 070207
- 070208
- 070209
- 070210
- 070211
- 070212
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 Loja
Other places named Machala
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Ganan — 11.2 km
- Canil — 11.3 km
- La Florida — 12.1 km
- Buena Vista — 12.2 km
- El Paraiso De Celen — 12.4 km
- Paraiso De Celen — 12.4 km
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 5:58 AM and sets at 6:09 PM today. That is 12 h 12 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 5:58 AM.