What time is it in Santa Cruz, Loja, Ecuador
The clock for Santa Cruz, Loja, Ecuador is kept here in the America/Guayaquil time zone (−5).
Santa Cruz, Ecuador
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Santa Cruz keeps America/Guayaquil clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 12 h 12 min Night 11 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 110603 Sanguillin — 6.4 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 Loja
Other places named Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Guayaquil
Nearby places
- Yambaca — 22.4 km
- El Toldo — 22.4 km
- Yambaca Nongora — 22.4 km
- Naypongo — 22.6 km
- Calguamine — 23.0 km
- Zuro — 23.0 km
Time and daylight in Santa Cruz
1 postal code covers the territory of Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz sits under America/Guayaquil, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
In Santa Cruz the sun appears at 5:59 AM and disappears at 6:11 PM today. Daylight stretches 12 h 12 min.
Yambaca Nongora and Yambaca sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Santa Cruz.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Santa Cruz?
- Time in Santa Cruz follows the America/Guayaquil time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Santa Cruz?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- What time does the day start in Santa Cruz?
- The sun rises at 5:59 AM.