Riohacha in numbers
- Coordinates
- 11.5444, -72.9072
- Population
- 188 014
- Region
- La Guajira Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 782 km away
What time is it in Riohacha, La Guajira Department, Colombia
Local time right now in Riohacha, La Guajira Department, Colombia appears above, in the America/Bogota time zone (−5).
Riohacha, Colombia
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in Riohacha
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Riohacha.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:45 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 5:28 PM Daylight 11 h 43 min Night 12 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:23 AM – 5:50 PM
Weather in Riohacha right now
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Riohacha and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 440001
- 440002
- 440003
- 440007
- 440008
- 440009
- 440017
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
- Potrerito — 1.2 km
- Sitio Ciruela — 1.5 km
- El Pozo — 2.5 km
- San Antonio — 3.7 km
- Las Delicias — 4.1 km
- Cuatro Bocas — 4.3 km
Time and daylight in Riohacha
The hour in Riohacha is the hour in Potrerito and Sitio Ciruela as well.
There are 7 postal code zones in Riohacha.
Riohacha works to America/Bogota time, set at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sun will rise at 5:45 AM and set at 5:28 PM in Riohacha today. Daylight amounts to 11 h 43 min.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Riohacha labeled?
- The time zone for Riohacha is labeled America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Riohacha?
- Daylight saving time in Riohacha: No.
- What time does the day start in Riohacha?
- The sun rises at 5:45 AM.