El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.1643, -73.1420
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 409 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
The reading below is the local time in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, taken from the America/Bogota zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Alto
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:41 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 5:37 PM Daylight 11 h 57 min Night 12 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:20 AM – 5:59 PM
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 546530 La Playa — 12.4 km away
- 546537 La Playa — 12.4 km away
- 546070 Abrego — 12.7 km away
- 546077 Abrego — 12.7 km away
- 546078 Abrego — 12.7 km away
- 546079 Abrego — 12.7 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
- El Descanso — 2.1 km
- La Aguada — 2.5 km
- El Lata — 2.6 km
- La Hoyada — 3.3 km
- La Laja — 4.1 km
- El Potrero — 4.3 km
Local time details for El Alto
Neighbouring El Descanso and La Aguada sit in the same time as El Alto.
Postal numbering in El Alto covers 6 codes.
El Alto runs on America/Bogota, which sits UTC−5 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Look for sunrise at 5:41 AM and sunset at 5:37 PM in El Alto today. The day carries 11 h 57 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in El Alto based on?
- The clock in El Alto is based on America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does El Alto observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in El Alto: No.
- What time is sunset in El Alto?
- It is 5:37 PM.