El Guanacaste in numbers
- Coordinates
- 14.7252, -91.9729
- Region
- San Marcos
- Country
- Guatemala, North America
- Capital
- Guatemala City — 157 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Guanacaste, San Marcos, Guatemala
The reading below is the local time in El Guanacaste, San Marcos, Guatemala, taken from the America/Guatemala zone (−6).
El Guanacaste, Guatemala
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Guatemala
Local time in El Guanacaste
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Guanacaste.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:02 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 43 min Night 12 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in El Guanacaste right now
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El Guanacaste and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12022 PAJAPITA — 6.6 km away
- 12012 NUEVO PROGRESO — 10.3 km away
- 09020 COATEPEQUE — 11.8 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 San Marcos
- Malacatan 92 816
- Comitancillo 59 489
- San Marcos 47 063
- Cantel 42 142
- San Pedro Sacatepequez 40 021
- San Pablo 13 668
Other places named El Guanacaste
- El Guanacaste Nayarit, Mexico
- El Guanacaste Nayarit, Mexico
- El Guanacaste León Department, Nicaragua
- El Guanacaste Choluteca Department, Honduras
- El Guanacaste Choluteca Department, Honduras
Same time zone — America/Guatemala
- Guatemala City Guatemala
- Villa Nueva Guatemala
Nearby places
- Las Animas — 6.3 km
- Laguna Seca — 6.3 km
- Jalisco — 6.5 km
- La Providencia — 6.6 km
- El Sombrerito — 7.7 km
- Las Conchas — 7.8 km
El Guanacaste: clock, sun and surroundings
El Guanacaste is split into 3 postal code areas.
The time zone here in El Guanacaste is America/Guatemala, offset UTC−6. Does daylight saving apply? No.
At El Guanacaste the sun clears the horizon at 6:02 AM and sinks again at 5:45 PM. The gap between them is 11 h 43 min.
Neighbouring Las Animas and Laguna Seca sit in the same time as El Guanacaste.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers El Guanacaste?
- The time zone covering El Guanacaste is America/Guatemala, with an offset of −6.
- Does El Guanacaste go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in El Guanacaste: No.
- When does the sun come up in El Guanacaste?
- Sunrise in El Guanacaste is at 6:02 AM.