# San Plácido Parish, Portoviejo Canton, Manabí Province

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/portoviejo/san-placido/

Parish · Portoviejo Canton 

# San Plácido

San Plácido is a parish of Ecuador in Portoviejo Canton, Manabí Province. It covers **139.3 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 139km²
- 3mapped services
- 451 mtypical elevation

## Where is San Plácido?

San Plácido lies in [Portoviejo Canton](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/portoviejo/), [Manabí Province](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/), [Ecuador](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/). It borders 6 other parishes: [Alhajuela](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/portoviejo/alhajuela/), [Calceta](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/bolivar/calceta/), [Chirijos](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/portoviejo/chirijos/), [Honorato Vásquez](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/santa-ana/honorato-vasquez/), [Quiroga](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/bolivar/quiroga/) and [San Sebastián](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/pichincha/san-sebastian/). By area it is the 459th largest of 1,042 parishes in Ecuador. It covers 14.5% of [Portoviejo Canton](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/manabi/portoviejo/). The centre of San Plácido is about 202 km in a straight line from Quito, the capital. It is about 34 km from Portoviejo, the main town of Portoviejo Canton. The centre point is at 1.0527° S, 80.1421° W.

Source: [INEC - Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ecu).

## Things to see in and around San Plácido

### Nearby, outside San Plácido

- Mirador El Tigre · viewpoint, Chirijos5.0 km
- Rio. Junin · attraction, Junín13 km
- COMUNA RÍO CAÑA · attraction, Ayacucho15 km

Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed.

## Know before you go: San Plácido

- Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Guayaquil
- CurrencyDollar (USD)
- Country calling code+593
- LanguagesSpanish
- Plug typesType A, B · 120 V
- Driving sideRight
- Postcode format6 digits (######)

### Nearest airports

- Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC) · Manta61 km
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE) · Guayaquil126 km

### Daylight

Days are longest in Dec (about 12.2 hours, sunrise around 06:10) and shortest in Jun (about 12.1 hours, sunrise around 06:18, sunset around 18:22).

Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/).

Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling.

## Villages and localities in San Plácido

Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in San Plácido.

- La Delicia
- La Jigua
- San Miguel
- San Plácido

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Weather in San Plácido and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Portoviejo Canton, the warmest month is Feb (average 23 °C) and the coolest is Sep (21 °C), after allowing for this place being about 371 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 574 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Feb (159 mm) and the driest Sep (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to January**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 23 104 

Feb 23 159 

Mar 23 152 

Apr 23 82 

May 23 31 

Jun 22 10 

Jul 22 3 

Aug 22 2 

Sep 21 2 

Oct 22 4 

Nov 22 4 

Dec 22 20 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from San Plácido

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Salud Carlos Morales Locke · Junín 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-0.93211&mlon=-80.20582#map=17/-0.93211/-80.20582) 

Bank Cooperativa de ahorro y crédito Santa ana · Ayacucho 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.15800&mlon=-80.28727#map=17/-1.15800/-80.28727) 

Petrol pump Petrolrios Ayacucho-La ley · Ayacucho 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.16109&mlon=-80.30455#map=17/-1.16109/-80.30455) 

Hotel Casa de los padres de Johanna · Alhajuela 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.04392&mlon=-80.26236#map=17/-1.04392/-80.26236) 

Mall Portal Plaza · Calceta 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-0.84694&mlon=-80.16529#map=17/-0.84694/-80.16529) 

School Atahualpa · La Unión 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.14646&mlon=-80.16635#map=17/-1.14646/-80.16635) 

College Unidad Educativa Sebastián Muñoz · San Sebastián 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.05816&mlon=-80.01026#map=17/-1.05816/-80.01026) 

Police station ENTRADA A LA ESCUELA DE FORMACION DE POLICIAS GNB · San Plácido 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.01934&mlon=-80.04611#map=17/-1.01934/-80.04611) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in San Plácido

Places mapped inside San Plácido in open map data, by type.

- Schools1
- Police stations1
- Dental clinics1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other parishes in Portoviejo Canton

- Abdón Calderón
- Alhajuela
- Chirijos
- Crucita
- Portoviejo
- Pueblo Nuevo
- Riochico

## Quick answers

- Where is San Plácido?In Portoviejo Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador
- What borders San Plácido?Alhajuela, Calceta, Chirijos, Honorato Vásquez, Quiroga and San Sebastián
- What is there to see in San Plácido?Mirador El Tigre, Rio. Junin, COMUNA RÍO CAÑA
- What time zone is San Plácido in?UTC−5
- What currency is used in San Plácido?Dollar (USD)
- What language is spoken in San Plácido?Spanish (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in San Plácido?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit San Plácido?April to January
- Where is the nearest hospital to San Plácido?Centro de Salud Carlos Morales Locke, about 15 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to San Plácido?Cooperativa de ahorro y crédito Santa ana, about 20 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to San Plácido?Petrolrios Ayacucho-La ley, about 22 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of San Plácido?EC130156 (OCHA common operational dataset)