El Gigante in numbers
- Coordinates
- -7.0434, -78.8370
- Region
- Cajamarca Department
- Country
- Peru, South America
- Capital
- Lima — 592 km away
- Same name
- 35 more places in the world share this name
Local time in El Gigante, Cajamarca Department, Peru is shown on this page, based on the America/Lima time zone (−5).
El Gigante, Peru
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in El Gigante
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Gigante, Cajamarca Department.
Sunrise 5:48 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 12 h 24 min Night 11 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:27 AM – 6:34 PM
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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.
Locations in El Gigante are covered by 1 postal code.
El Gigante falls within America/Lima, which places it UTC−5 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Today, El Gigante has first light at 5:48 AM and last light at 6:12 PM. Daylight lasts 12 h 24 min.
Both Cerro Blanco and Kuntur Wasi are near El Gigante and keep its time.