Ecuador · GALT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador runs on UTC−6. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 2-hour difference between Puerto Ayora and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Puerto Ayora lines up with 11:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 7-hour difference between Puerto Ayora and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Puerto Ayora lines up with 16:00–18:00 in London. There is a 15-hour difference between Puerto Ayora 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 Mexico City, Denver, Calgary. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Puerto Ayora.
Practical Info
Puerto Ayora (Ecuador) is home to roughly 12K people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 18:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−6 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 1° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Ecuador
Capital
Quito
Continent
South America
Time Zone
GALT · Pacific/Galapagos
Coordinates
0.74°S, 90.31°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+593
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Darwin spent about five weeks in the Galápagos in 1835 and collected the finches whose beak variation later became the standard illustration of natural selection. He did not work out the significance until back in London.
The clock: the Galápagos keep UTC−6, an hour behind mainland Ecuador, despite both being the same country — a rare case of a single small nation running two clocks.
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