El Cerrito in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.9334, -70.2987
- Region
- Arauca Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 492 km away
- Same name
- 292 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Cerrito, Arauca Department, Colombia
The current local time in El Cerrito, Arauca Department, Colombia — time zone America/Bogota (−5) — is shown right here.
El Cerrito, Colombia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Cerrito
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Cerrito.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 5:27 PM Daylight 11 h 58 min Night 12 h 02 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:48 PM
Weather in El Cerrito right now
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El Cerrito and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 763520
- 763527
- 763528
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 Arauca Department
- Arauca 85 585
- Tame 29 099
- Arauquita 9 950
- Cravo Norte 4 787
- Fortul 4 607
- Puerto Rondon 3 724
Other places named El Cerrito
- El Cerrito Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
- El Cerrito California, United States
- El Cerrito México, Mexico
- El Cerrito San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- El Cerrito México, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Villanueva — 0.6 km
- Hato Viejo — 1.8 km
- Chaparral — 2.0 km
- El Caracol — 3.4 km
- Santa María — 3.4 km
- El Caro — 5.8 km
About the time in El Cerrito
The postal code count for El Cerrito is 3.
Standard time in El Cerrito comes from America/Bogota and equals UTC−5. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
In El Cerrito the sun appears at 5:29 AM and disappears at 5:27 PM today. Daylight stretches 11 h 58 min.
El Cerrito, Villanueva and Hato Viejo all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Bogota the time zone for El Cerrito?
- Yes, America/Bogota is the time zone for El Cerrito, with an offset of −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in El Cerrito?
- Daylight saving time in El Cerrito: No.
- When should I expect the sun to set in El Cerrito?
- Expect it at 5:27 PM.