Ecuador · ECT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Manta, Ecuador runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between Manta and New York. 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 Manta lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 6-hour difference between Manta and London. 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 Manta lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. There is a 14-hour difference between Manta and Tokyo. 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 Chicago, Bogotá, Lima. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Manta.
Practical Info
Manta (Ecuador) is home to roughly 250K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 18:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 1° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Ecuador
Capital
Quito
Continent
South America
Time Zone
ECT · America/Guayaquil
Coordinates
0.95°S, 80.73°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+593
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Manta is one of the largest tuna fishing ports in the eastern Pacific, and the toquilla straw hat — the Panama hat — is woven in the villages behind it, at Montecristi, where the finest can take months to make.
The clock: Manta keeps UTC−5 essentially on the equator, where the sun passes directly overhead twice a year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
1h overlap