| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +9h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +14h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +15h | Becomes +16h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 1 Nov |
Cuenca, Ecuador runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Cuenca and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Cuenca lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Cuenca and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Cuenca lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Cuenca and Tokyo is 14 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Bogotá, Lima, Quito. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Cuenca.
Cuenca (Ecuador) is home to roughly 630K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:02, sunset at 18:09. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 3° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Ecuador
Capital
Quito
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−5 · America/Guayaquil
Coordinates
2.90°S, 79.00°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+593
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Panama hat is woven in Ecuador, largely around Cuenca and Montecristi, and has been for centuries. It got its name because the hats were shipped through Panama — and because Theodore Roosevelt was photographed in one at the canal works in 1906.
The clock: Cuenca keeps UTC−5 at about 2,560 metres, in a valley where four rivers meet.
Cuenca lies at 79.0°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The 4.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 16 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:16 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−5 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 12h 17m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 11h 57m. The swing between them is 20 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Cuenca the sun comes up earliest on 7 November at 05:53, while the latest sunset waits until 8 February at 18:37. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Cuenca that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Cuenca, Ecuador is America/Guayaquil with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Cuenca has an estimated population of 630K and is located at coordinates 2.90°S, 79.00°W.
Cuenca gets 12h 17m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 57m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Cuenca falls at about 12:16 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 4.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Hat That Was Named Wrong: The Panama hat is woven in Ecuador, largely around Cuenca and Montecristi, and has been for centuries.