Maicao in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.3784, -72.2395
- Population
- 166 603
- Region
- La Guajira Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 779 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Maicao, La Guajira Department, Colombia
The reading below is the local time in Maicao, La Guajira Department, Colombia, taken from the America/Bogota zone (−5).
Maicao, Colombia
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in Maicao
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Maicao.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:44 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 11 h 39 min Night 12 h 21 min Civil twilight 5:22 AM – 5:46 PM
Weather in Maicao right now
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Maicao and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 442001
- 442007
- 442008
- 442009
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 La Guajira Department
- Riohacha 188 014
- San Juan Del Cesar 40 069
- Barrancas 38 232
- Fonseca 32 220
- Albania 26 940
- Hatonuevo 24 792
Other places named Maicao
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- El Limon — 3.5 km
- Santa Marta — 4.8 km
- Mayuyama — 4.9 km
- Salao — 5.2 km
- La Esperanza — 5.7 km
- Maracaibito — 6.0 km
About the time in Maicao
Maicao is covered by 4 postal codes.
The name of the time zone in Maicao is America/Bogota, and it runs UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise for Maicao today is set at 5:44 AM, sunset at 5:24 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 39 min.
El Limon and Santa Marta sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Maicao.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Maicao based on?
- The clock in Maicao is based on America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Are the clocks in Maicao adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Maicao: No.
- What time is first light in Maicao?
- The sun rises at 5:44 AM.