El Candelero in numbers
- Coordinates
- 14.8754, -89.4078
- Region
- Chiquimula
- Country
- Guatemala, North America
- Capital
- Guatemala City — 122 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Candelero, Chiquimula, Guatemala
See what time it currently is in El Candelero, Chiquimula, Guatemala — the time zone there is America/Guatemala (−6).
El Candelero, Guatemala
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Guatemala
Local time in El Candelero
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
El Candelero keeps America/Guatemala clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:51 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 11 h 46 min Night 12 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:29 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in El Candelero right now
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El Candelero and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20004 JOCOTAN — 7.0 km away
- 20005 CAMOTAN — 7.9 km away
- 20003 SAN JUAN ERMITA — 12.4 km away
- 19015 SANTA LUCIA (ZACAPA) — 12.6 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 Chiquimula
- Chiquimula 111 505
- Esquipulas 20 674
- Jocotan 8 387
- Ipala 5 283
- Quezaltepeque 4 126
- San Jose La Arada 2 361
Other places named El Candelero
- El Candelero Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Candelero Jalisco, Mexico
- El Candelero Carabobo, Venezuela
Same time zone — America/Guatemala
- Guatemala City Guatemala
- Villa Nueva Guatemala
Nearby places
- Las Flores — 5.0 km
- La Palmilla — 5.1 km
- Lanchor — 5.8 km
- Jocotan — 6.4 km
- Las Araditas — 6.8 km
- Chapeton — 8.0 km
About the time in El Candelero
The zone name for El Candelero is America/Guatemala and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Daylight in El Candelero starts at 5:51 AM and ends at 5:36 PM today. It lasts 11 h 46 min.
Las Flores and La Palmilla sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind El Candelero.
4 postal codes divide El Candelero.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in El Candelero?
- The time in El Candelero is calculated using America/Guatemala, with an offset of −6.
- Is daylight saving time used in El Candelero?
- No.
- When does light arrive in El Candelero?
- Light arrives at 5:51 AM.