El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.9249, -72.8327
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 394 km away
- Same name
- 212 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
On this page you will find the exact local time in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, in the America/Bogota time zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Alto
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
El Alto keeps America/Bogota clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 5:30 PM Daylight 11 h 48 min Night 12 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:21 AM – 5:52 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 545070 Lourdes — 2.1 km away
- 545077 Lourdes — 2.1 km away
- 545050 Gramalote — 5.7 km away
- 545057 Gramalote — 5.7 km away
- 545550 Bucarasica — 13.4 km away
- 545557 Bucarasica — 13.4 km away
- 545558 Bucarasica — 13.4 km away
- 545030 Santiago — 14.5 km away
- 545037 Santiago — 14.5 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 Norte de Santander Department
- Cucuta 777 106
- Ocana 101 158
- Villa Del Rosario 64 951
- Los Patios 58 661
- Pamplona 53 587
- El Zulia 26 019
Other places named El Alto
- El Alto Piura, Peru
- El Alto Chiapas, Mexico
- El Alto Cajamarca Department, Peru
- El Alto Sinaloa, Mexico
- El Alto Lambayeque, Peru
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Villa Nueva — 2.0 km
- Lourdes — 2.1 km
- Estancia Nueva — 3.3 km
- Cedral — 3.4 km
- El Rosario — 3.7 km
- Ricaurte — 3.7 km
El Alto: clock, sun and surroundings
The time zone assigned to El Alto is America/Bogota, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise comes to El Alto at 5:42 AM and sunset at 5:30 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 48 min of light.
The same hours are kept in El Alto and in nearby Villa Nueva and Lourdes.
The postal system lists 9 codes for El Alto.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to El Alto?
- The time zone name for El Alto is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does El Alto take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in El Alto: No.
- What time is first light in El Alto?
- The sun rises at 5:42 AM.