Cartagena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 4.1851, -73.5220
- Region
- Meta Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 78 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartagena, Meta Department, Colombia
The current hour and minute in Cartagena, Meta Department, Colombia are shown here, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
Cartagena, Colombia
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in Cartagena
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cartagena.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:40 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 5:41 PM Daylight 12 h 01 min Night 11 h 59 min Civil twilight 5:19 AM – 6:02 PM
Weather in Cartagena right now
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Cartagena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 130001
- 130002
- 130003
- 130004
- 130005
- 130006
- 130007
- 130008
- 130009
- 130010
- 130011
- 130012
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 Meta Department
- Villavicencio 321 717
- Granada 68 876
- Acacias 40 627
- San Martin 22 281
- Restrepo 17 610
- Puerto Lopez 16 678
Other places named Cartagena
- Cartagena Bolívar, Colombia
- Cartagena Murcia, Spain
- Cartagena Valparaiso, Chile
- Cartagena Western Visayas, Philippines
- Cartagena Lambayeque, Peru
Same time zone — America/Bogota
Nearby places
- Albania — 9.5 km
- Rancho Grande — 9.8 km
- Rancho Grande — 9.8 km
- Llanerita — 10.0 km
- Granja Campo Alegre — 10.7 km
- El Arbolita — 10.8 km
Local time details for Cartagena
Postal areas within Cartagena come to 12.
The time standard for Cartagena is America/Bogota at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Sunrise in Cartagena is at 5:40 AM today, and sunset comes at 5:41 PM. Daylight lasts 12 h 01 min.
Whatever the hour in Cartagena, it is the same in Albania and Rancho Grande.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Cartagena?
- The time zone label used for Cartagena is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local schedule in Cartagena include a clock change?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Cartagena?
- Sunset in Cartagena is at 5:41 PM.