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Quito, Ecuador

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Quito for remote work

UTC−5 America/Guayaquil · UTC−5 all year

Photo: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 7–8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
US Pacific team 5–6 h shared 9–5 · their day is 12:00–20:00 here
UK team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 04:00–12:00 here
Central Europe team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Price level 44 Low: household prices Ecuador-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 12 / 12 all year

Your team's working day, on Quito's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Quito; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 09:00–17:00
8 h
US Pacific 12:00–20:00
5 h
UK 04:00–12:00
3 h
Central Europe 03:00–11:00
2 h

Ecuador does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Feb8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Mar7–8 h awake 8 h5–6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Apr7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
May7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jun7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jul7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Aug7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Sep7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Oct7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Nov8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Dec8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Great (9.6), high 20°C20°JanFebruary: Great (9.2), high 20°C20°FebMarch: Great (8.7), high 20°C20°MarApril: Great (8.6), high 20°C20°AprMay: Great (9.5), high 20°C20°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 20°C20°JunJuly: Great (10.0), high 21°C21°JulAugust: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°AugSeptember: Great (9.9), high 21°C21°SepOctober: Great (9.1), high 21°C21°OctNovember: Great (9.3), high 20°C20°NovDecember: Great (9.4), high 20°C20°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan20°C9°C84 mm10°C comfortable12.0 h9.6
Feb20°C9°C111 mm11°C comfortable12.0 h9.2
Mar20°C9°C140 mm11°C comfortable12.0 h8.7
Apr20°C9°C145 mm11°C comfortable12.0 h8.6
May20°C9°C92 mm10°C comfortable12.0 h9.5
Jun20°C8°C38 mm10°C dry12.0 h10.0
Jul21°C8°C19 mm9°C dry12.0 h10.0
Aug22°C8°C22 mm8°C dry12.0 h10.0
Sep21°C8°C64 mm9°C dry12.0 h9.9
Oct21°C8°C112 mm10°C comfortable12.0 h9.1
Nov20°C8°C102 mm10°C comfortable12.0 h9.3
Dec20°C8°C93 mm11°C comfortable12.0 h9.4

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
1,763,275 (2022)
Elevation
2850 m
Airports
Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), 14 km
Time zone
America/Guayaquil
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Ecuador's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Quito on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-11-01. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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