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The Current Local Date and Time in Esquipulas, Guatemala (GT)

Time Zone America/Guatemala

19:22:18

Local Time Date and Timezone

Where is Esquipulas? (Guatemala, GT)

Esquipulas is a city located in Guatemala (GT).
Latitude 14.56571 Longitude -89.35166

Esquipulas location on the Guatemala (GT) map

Information about Esquipulas

City: Esquipulas
Country: Guatemala (GT)
Latitude: 14.56571
Longitude: -89.35166
Time Zone: America/Guatemala

Time zone and UTC offset ofEsquipulas

Esquipulas, Guatemala is in the America/Guatemala time zone, which is currently UTC-6. Daylight saving time is not observed in this time zone, so the offset stays the same all year.

Current time difference with other cities

Esquipulas is 7 hours behind London
Esquipulas is 2 hours behind New York
Esquipulas is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles
Esquipulas is 10 hours behind Dubai
Esquipulas is 15 hours behind Tokyo
Esquipulas is 17 hours behind Sydney

Frequently asked questions about time inEsquipulas

What time zone is Esquipulas in?

Esquipulas, Guatemala is in the America/Guatemala time zone (currently UTC-6).

Does Esquipulas observe daylight saving time?

No, the clocks do not change during the year in this time zone.

What is the time difference between Esquipulas and New York?

Esquipulas is 2 hours behind New York (the difference can change when either place switches to or from daylight saving time).

What are the coordinates of Esquipulas?

Esquipulas is located at latitude 14.56571 and longitude -89.35166.

Sunrise, sunset and moon phase inEsquipulas today

Astronomical data for October 15, 2026 in Esquipulas, calculated for the America/Guatemala time zone. All times are local.

Sun

Sunrise: 05:49
Solar noon: 11:43
Sunset: 17:37
Length of day: 11 h 49 min

Moon

Moon phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 26%
Moon age: about 5.1 days
Moonrise: 10:06
Moonset: 21:25

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City of Esquipulas

Esquipulas (Nahuatl: Isquitzuchil, "place where flowers abound"), officially Municipality of Esquipulas, whose original name was Yzquipulas, is a town, with a population of 18,667 (2018 census), and a municipality located in the department of Chiquimula, in eastern Guatemala. Esquipulas' main attraction is the beautiful Black Christ located in the Basilica of Esquipulas, making the town an important place of Catholic pilgrimage for Central America. It is also one of the most important towns of the country and one that has had the most economic and cultural growth. In 2002, it was registered on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list. The city is a tourist attraction due to its ecological and religious importance. It is the most visited city and town across eastern Guatemala and the second most visited in the country, surpassed only by the City of Guatemala, visited annually by approximately four to five million tourists and devout Catholics, this due to its important and varied religious resorts and distributed in the 495 km2, the smallest city visited by Pope John Paul II in 1996 which entitled him recognition as Capital Central to the Faith, whose recognition is currently known as to this city, which was also visited by Teresa of Calcutta, hosted the Esquipulas Peace Accords during the mid-1980s. The Basilica of Esquipulas headquarters in Central Catholic Faith is the first wonder of Guatemala competition held by the Industrial Bank on November 26, 2008. In 1987 the Trifinio Biosphere Reserve was created to protect the unique flora and fauna in the region. The territory comprises an area of 495 km2, distributed in 20 villages, 123 sub villages, one town and two villas which are Timushán and Chanmagua, with a total population of 53,556 (2018 census); with the town of Esquipulas having a population of 18,667 which represents 35% of the total population of the municipality. Esquipulas is located 222 kilometers from Guatemala City, 9.5 kilometers from the border with the Republic of Honduras and 45 kilometers from the city of Chiquimula, bordering the municipalities of Olopa, Jocotán and the department Camotán Chiquimula to the north and the municipality of Metapan, El Salvador to the south. To the east it meets the departments of Copán and Ocotepeque, Honduras and to the west, the municipality of Concepción Las Minas and the Resume Chiquimula department.
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