Necesidad in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.9591, -72.7637
- Region
- La Guajira Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 721 km away
What time is it in Necesidad, La Guajira Department, Colombia
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Necesidad, La Guajira Department, Colombia, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
Necesidad, Colombia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in Necesidad
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Necesidad.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:41 AM Solar noon 11:38 AM Sunset 5:34 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:20 AM – 5:55 PM
Weather in Necesidad right now
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Necesidad and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 443040 Barrancas — 2.6 km away
- 443047 Barrancas — 2.6 km away
- 443048 Barrancas — 2.6 km away
- 443049 Barrancas — 2.6 km away
- 443020 Hatonuevo — 12.3 km away
- 443027 Hatonuevo — 12.3 km away
- 443028 Hatonuevo — 12.3 km away
- 444010 Fonseca — 12.3 km away
- 444017 Fonseca — 12.3 km away
- 444018 Fonseca — 12.3 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 La Guajira Department
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Potrero — 2.2 km
- Potrero — 2.2 km
- Portacelis — 2.9 km
- Manantialito — 4.6 km
- Barracon — 4.7 km
- San Agustín — 4.8 km
Local time details for Necesidad
Time in Necesidad is measured by America/Bogota, at UTC−5. Whether clocks are moved for summer: No.
The sun breaks the horizon at Necesidad at 5:41 AM and leaves it at 5:34 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 53 min.
The same hours are kept in Necesidad and in nearby Potrero and Potrero.
Across Necesidad, 10 postal codes are recorded.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Necesidad uses?
- Necesidad uses the America/Bogota time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Is the offset in Necesidad changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Necesidad?
- Sunrise there is at 5:41 AM.