Heure Actuelle à Esquel, Argentine — America/Argentina/Catamarca.

Esquel is a town in the northwest of Chubut Province in Argentine Patagonia. It is located in Futaleufú Department, of which it is the government seat. Esquel is the home station for “La Trochita,” a historic narrow gauge railway known in English as “The Old Patagonian Express.” Esquel is also known for its ski area, “La Hoya,” and as a gateway city to Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO protected reserve featuring some of the oldest trees in South America. The name Esquel derives from one of two Tehuelche words: one meaning "marsh" and the other meaning "land of burrs", which refers to the many thorny plants including the pimpinella, and the other meaning herbaceous plants whose fruits, when ripe, turn into prickly burrs that stick to the animals' skins and wool or people's clothes as a way of propagation. According to the late Elvey MacDonald, Esquel was named Tre'r Ysgall by the original Welsh settlers. As the Spanish-speaking population of the area increased, they found it difficult pronouncing the word Ysgall, and, over time, Ysgall evolved to Esquel.

From Esquel the nearest of our reference hubs are São Paulo (~3,125 km), New York (~9,303 km), Los Angeles (~9,796 km), while Tokyo sits about 17,249 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

Esquel sits inside Argentine — the South America subregion, capital Buenos Aires, languages Guaraní, Spanish, currency ARS ($).

El Bolsón (107 km), Quellón (188 km), Calbuco (195 km), San Carlos de Bariloche (196 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Esquel — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Esquel: Labour Day, May Revolution, Anniversary of the Passing of General Martín Miguel de Güemes. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Argentine.

Closest curated airport references from Esquel: EZE Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) (1423 km), COR Cordoba (1434 km), AEP Buenos Aires (1451 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.