Cartagena in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.5538, -71.6076
- Population
- 17 978
- Region
- Valparaiso
- Country
- Chile, South America
- Capital
- Santiago — 90 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartagena, Valparaiso, Chile
This page holds the current clock reading for Cartagena, Valparaiso, Chile, in the America/Santiago time zone (−3).
Cartagena, Chile
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Santiago
Local time in Cartagena
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Cartagena.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 1:33 PM Sunset 8:01 PM Daylight 12 h 56 min Night 11 h 04 min Civil twilight 6:40 AM – 8:26 PM
Weather in Cartagena right now
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Cartagena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2680000
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Valparaiso
- Vina Del Mar 334 248
- Valparaiso 282 448
- Quilpue 130 263
- Villa Alemana 97 320
- San Antonio 87 675
- Quillota 67 779
Other places named Cartagena
- Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia
- Cartagena Murcia, Spain
- Cartagena Western Visayas, Philippines
- Cartagena Lambayeque, Peru
- Cartagena Durango, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Santiago
- Santiago Chile
Nearby places
- El Puertecito — 3.3 km
- San Sebastián — 3.4 km
- San Antonio — 4.5 km
- Barrancas — 4.7 km
- Llolleo — 6.7 km
- Las Cruces — 6.7 km
About the time in Cartagena
Nothing changes on the clock between Cartagena and neighbouring El Puertecito or San Sebastián.
Postal codes assigned across Cartagena total 1.
Standard time in Cartagena comes from America/Santiago and equals UTC−3. Clocks change for daylight saving: Yes.
Cartagena has sunrise at 7:05 AM today and sunset at 8:01 PM. Light holds for 12 h 56 min.
Questions and answers
- How is Cartagena's time zone listed?
- Cartagena's time zone is listed as America/Santiago, with an offset of −3.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Cartagena?
- Daylight saving time in Cartagena: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Cartagena?
- Today the sun sets at 8:01 PM.