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What time is it in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

The Cartagena clock supplies the current local time for this city in Bolívar, Colombia, along with sunrise, sunset, and weather details for calls, excursions, reservations, and outdoor planning.

Cartagena, Colombia

Sunday, 18 October 2026

UTC−5 · America/Bogota

Local time in Cartagena

UTC−5 · no daylight saving time

The sun today

Sunrise 5:52 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:31 AM – 6:06 PM

Weather in Cartagena right now

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Cartagena and its neighbours

Albornoz Punta Arenas Las Acacias Crananio Cano De Loro Tierra Bomba Cartagena
Cartagena at 10.3997, -75.5144 with the nearest towns within 7.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Cartagena in numbers

Coordinates
10.3997, -75.5144
Population
914 552
Region
Bolívar
Country
Colombia, South America
Capital
Bogotá — 663 km away
Same name
48 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Bolívar

Other places named Cartagena

Same time zone — America/Bogota

Nearby places

What time is it in Cartagena

Read the city clock whenever an arrangement depends on Cartagena local time. This avoids confusing Cartagena with your device’s location or with another city that happens to share an hour at the moment. The displayed date is equally important for communication across widely separated regions.

For flights, tours, restaurant bookings, and online conversations, write the location beside the hour. If a calendar performs the conversion, inspect both versions before sending it. A correct conversion is only possible when the original time zone has been identified correctly.

Record bookings in the local time printed by the provider. Keep the Cartagena date visible in travel notes. Convert separately for anyone joining from abroad. Check changes to an itinerary against the local clock. Holiday time may feel optional, but reservation time rarely shares the mood.

Choosing hours by the sun

Sunrise and sunset help locate an activity within Cartagena’s daylight. They are relevant to early walks, boat departures, photography, sightseeing, and evening plans. The values belong to a particular date and shift over time, so look up the intended day when timing matters.

Neither event is an on-off switch for visible light. Dawn brightens the sky before sunrise, and dusk preserves light after sunset. Cloud can mute those transitions, while buildings and the orientation of a street can hide the low sun.

Allow a buffer if you must finish an activity before dark. If the goal is to watch the sun meet the horizon, choose a suitable viewpoint and consider cloud cover; the astronomical event can occur even when weather prevents it from being seen.

Weather for time-specific plans

Cartagena’s weather information is most useful when connected to a particular period. An immediate outing calls for current observations, while an afternoon or future excursion calls for the corresponding forecast. Temperature alone cannot describe comfort or practicality, so examine wind, precipitation, humidity when available, and cloud as well.

Set the activity in Cartagena local time. Determine whether it falls in full daylight or near twilight. Review the forecast for the complete duration. Make a final check before leaving or boarding transport.

Citywide conditions are necessarily generalized. Rain can affect one area while another remains dry, and exposed waterfront locations can feel different from sheltered streets. Forecasts also evolve as new information arrives, so a previous reading should not be treated as a permanent promise.

A combined check can improve even a simple plan. Local time prevents scheduling mistakes, sunrise and sunset show the available natural light, and weather suggests what to carry or reconsider. Together they answer when an activity occurs and what conditions may surround it.

Questions and answers

Which Cartagena is covered here?
This page covers Cartagena in Bolívar, Colombia.
Does the listed sunset guarantee a visible sunset?
No. Cloud and an obstructed horizon may prevent a clear view.
Should travel bookings be converted to my home time?
You may note both, but follow the local time printed on the booking when using services in Cartagena.
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