Cartagena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6813, -73.2555
- Region
- Cesar Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 571 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartagena, Cesar Department, Colombia
You can see the current local time of Cartagena, Cesar Department, Colombia on this page, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
Cartagena, Colombia
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in Cartagena
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cartagena.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 5:36 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:21 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in Cartagena right now
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Cartagena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 130001
- 130002
- 130003
- 130004
- 130005
- 130006
- 130007
- 130008
- 130009
- 130010
- 130011
- 130012
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 Cesar Department
- Valledupar 490 075
- Aguachica 97 525
- Agustin Codazzi 51 478
- Bosconia 40 562
- Curumani 34 838
- Chimichagua 30 289
Other places named Cartagena
- Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia
- Cartagena Murcia, Spain
- Cartagena Valparaiso, Chile
- Cartagena Western Visayas, Philippines
- Cartagena Lambayeque, Peru
Same time zone — America/Bogota
Nearby places
- Cartagena — 0.9 km
- La Florida — 1.4 km
- Las Minas — 2.6 km
- Santa Elena — 7.5 km
- Becerril — 8.0 km
- Santa Fe — 8.1 km
Cartagena: clock, sun and surroundings
Daylight in Cartagena today runs from 5:42 AM to 5:36 PM. The stretch measures 11 h 54 min.
Neighbouring Cartagena and La Florida sit in the same time as Cartagena.
Cartagena accounts for 12 postal codes.
The time zone here in Cartagena is America/Bogota, offset UTC−5. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Cartagena use?
- Cartagena uses America/Bogota, which has an offset of −5.
- Does the local time in Cartagena change with daylight saving?
- No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Cartagena.
- The sunset hour is 5:36 PM.