Machala, El Oro, Ecuador uses America/Guayaquil, currently -05 (UTC-05:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Machala is a city in Ecuador, home to around 289,100 people. Unlike many places, it does not observe daylight saving time.
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Machala is the capital of El Oro province in southwestern Ecuador, near the Peruvian border and a short distance inland from the Gulf of Guayaquil. It is a hot, flat commercial city surrounded by banana plantations.
Machala calls itself the banana capital of the world, and the plantations around it and the port at Puerto Bolívar are its economy and character. The beaches at Jambelí on an island offshore are reached by boat, and the highland town of Zaruma with its wooden architecture and gold-mining history is inland.
Taxis and buses cover the city, and boats leave from the port for the island beaches. Roads run north toward Guayaquil and east up into the highlands.
The coast has a hot wet season in the first months of the year and a cooler, drier season after. The wet season is sunnier between showers.
Ecuador uses the USD, calling code +593.
Ecuador uses the US dollar as its currency, and Spanish is the language with limited English. Small denominations are useful as change can be scarce.
