Machala, Ecuador
Current time in Ecuador
Time zone: -05 (UTC/GMT -05:00) — America/Guayaquil
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -13 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -5 ) Machala, Ecuador |
Current Time in other Cities of Ecuador
What time zone is Machala in?
Clocks in Machala are set to -05, 5 hours behind UTC (UTC-05:00). Software that asks for a region wants America/Guayaquil — the IANA identifier for this zone.
There is no daylight saving in Machala. UTC-05:00 applies all year, so the offset never moves on this side — only the other party's clock changes.
Machala has roughly 289,141 residents and ranks 7th by population among the Ecuador cities on this site.
Machala compared with major world cities
Live differences from Machala, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Machala is 1 hour behind |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Machala is 2 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Machala is 6 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Machala is 7 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Machala is 9 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Machala is 10 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Machala is 13 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Machala is 14 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Machala is 15 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Machala is 2 hours behind |
Best time to call Machala
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Machala time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| New York | 09:00–16:00 in Machala | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 11:00–17:00 in Machala | 6 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–15:00 in Machala | 6 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–11:00 in Machala | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Same local time as Machala
These Ecuador cities also use America/Guayaquil, so their clocks read identically to Machala at every moment of the year.
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