El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.5833, -73.1500
- Region
- Cesar Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 672 km away
- Same name
- 212 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Alto, Cesar Department, Colombia
On this page the local time of El Alto, Cesar Department, Colombia is updated live, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Alto
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Alto.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:45 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 5:29 PM Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:24 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 445040 La Jagua Del Pilar — 10.4 km away
- 445047 La Jagua Del Pilar — 10.4 km away
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 El Alto
- El Alto Piura, Peru
- El Alto Chiapas, Mexico
- El Alto Cajamarca Department, Peru
- El Alto Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Alto Lambayeque, Peru
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Las Raices — 4.8 km
- Paredones — 6.6 km
- Mompos — 7.5 km
- Guacochito — 7.5 km
- Guacoche — 9.8 km
- Los Corazones — 10.0 km
El Alto: clock, sun and surroundings
El Alto sits under America/Bogota, which puts local clocks at UTC−5. Daylight saving in use: No.
Today the sun rises over El Alto at 5:45 AM and sets at 5:29 PM. That is 11 h 44 min of daylight in all.
Las Raices and Paredones sit close to El Alto and run on the same clock.
The postal breakdown of El Alto runs to 2 codes.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in El Alto?
- The time in El Alto is calculated using America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in El Alto?
- No.
- What is the local sunset time in El Alto?
- Local sunset is 5:29 PM.