El Achiote in numbers
- Coordinates
- 15.1602, -90.4030
- Region
- Baja Verapaz
- Country
- Guatemala, North America
- Capital
- Guatemala City — 59 km away
- Same name
- 21 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Achiote, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
This is a live clock for El Achiote, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, showing local time in the America/Guatemala zone (−6).
El Achiote, Guatemala
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Guatemala
Local time in El Achiote
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Achiote keeps America/Guatemala clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 5:39 PM Daylight 11 h 43 min Night 12 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 6:01 PM
Weather in El Achiote right now
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El Achiote and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 14022 PACHALUM — 4.8 km away
- 15002 SAN MIGUEL CHICAJ — 6.7 km away
- 15003 RABINAL — 8.4 km away
- 15000 DEPTO DE BAJA VERAPAZ — 12.1 km away
- 15008 PERULHA — 12.1 km away
- 15009 LOS AMATES (EL CHOL) — 12.1 km away
- 15010 LA CANOA (SALAMA) — 12.1 km away
- 15011 SALTAN (GRANADOS) — 12.1 km away
- 15012 SAN GABRIEL PANTZUY (SAN MIGUEL CHICAJ) — 12.1 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 Baja Verapaz
- Salama 65 275
- Rabinal 15 157
- San Miguel Chicaj 13 747
- Cubulco 10 681
- San Jeronimo 8 093
- Purulha 5 370
Other places named El Achiote
- El Achiote Chiapas, Mexico
- El Achiote Huila Department, Colombia
- El Achiote Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- El Achiote Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- El Achiote Morazan, El Salvador
Same time zone — America/Guatemala
- Guatemala City Guatemala
- Villa Nueva Guatemala
Nearby places
- Municipio De San Miguel Chicaj — 1.1 km
- San Gabriel — 3.6 km
- El Progreso — 4.4 km
- El Tempisque — 4.6 km
- San Miguel Chicaj — 7.3 km
- San Nicolas — 8.1 km
About the time in El Achiote
There are 9 postal codes assigned to El Achiote.
The time zone here in El Achiote is America/Guatemala, offset UTC−6. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Sunrise at El Achiote today happens at 5:55 AM, sunset at 5:39 PM. The two are 11 h 43 min apart.
Both Municipio De San Miguel Chicaj and San Gabriel are near El Achiote and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for El Achiote?
- The designation used for El Achiote is America/Guatemala, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Achiote observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- When is the sun down in El Achiote?
- The sun goes down at 5:39 PM.