Cartagena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 3.2194, -74.5900
- Region
- Meta Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 165 km away
- Same name
- 48 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cartagena, Meta Department, Colombia
What follows is the current local time in Cartagena, Meta Department, Colombia, 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
Local time in Cartagena, Meta Department.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:43 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 12 h 03 min Night 11 h 57 min Civil twilight 5:22 AM – 6:07 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
- Papamene — 4.8 km
- Boqueroncito — 11.1 km
- San Pedro — 14.3 km
- El Saldo — 14.5 km
- El Mirador — 15.2 km
- El Chopal — 15.6 km
Cartagena: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes have been allocated to Cartagena.
The time zone assigned to Cartagena is America/Bogota, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise time for Cartagena today is 5:43 AM; sunset time is 5:46 PM. Daylight fills 12 h 03 min.
Time runs the same in Cartagena and in nearby Papamene and Boqueroncito.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Cartagena?
- The time zone that includes Cartagena is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does Cartagena use summer time?
- No.
- When does the sun come up in Cartagena?
- Sunrise in Cartagena is at 5:43 AM.