Sunrise in Quito today

Quito lies at 0°S. Near the equator, Quito sees close to 12 hours of daylight year-round, with only minor seasonal variation.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Quito today, at a bearing of 85°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 6 minutes earlier in Quito than in Guayaquil, 274 km to the southwest.

Sunrise shifts earlier through spring and later through autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Quito.

The longest day in Quito is around 12h 8m (around December 21). The shortest is around 12h 7m (around June 21).