El Canal in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.4133, -73.8871
- Region
- Cesar Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 535 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Canal, Cesar Department, Colombia
Find the present-moment local time in El Canal, Cesar Department, Colombia, which uses America/Bogota (−5).
El Canal, Colombia
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Canal
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Canal, Cesar Department.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:47 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 11 h 47 min Night 12 h 13 min Civil twilight 5:25 AM – 5:55 PM
Weather in El Canal right now
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El Canal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 201040 Astrea — 13.6 km away
- 201047 Astrea — 13.6 km away
- 201048 Astrea — 13.6 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 Canal
- El Canal Puebla, Mexico
- El Canal Aguascalientes, Mexico
- El Cañal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Cañal Veracruz, Mexico
- El Canal Guerrero, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Mandinguilla — 6.6 km
- El Porvenir — 7.0 km
- El Plan — 7.3 km
- El Mamon — 8.7 km
- El Balsamo — 9.2 km
- Los Negros — 9.6 km
About the time in El Canal
Sunrise in El Canal is at 5:47 AM today, and sunset comes at 5:34 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 47 min.
The same hours are kept in El Canal and in nearby Mandinguilla and El Porvenir.
The postal code count for El Canal is 3.
Hours in El Canal are kept by America/Bogota, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to El Canal?
- The time zone local to El Canal is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does El Canal switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in El Canal: No.
- What is the local sunrise time in El Canal?
- Local sunrise is 5:47 AM.