El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.4247, -73.1528
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 436 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 clock above shows the current local time in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, which uses America/Bogota (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Thursday, 29 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 5:42 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 5:33 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:21 AM – 5:54 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 547010 San Calixto — 6.5 km away
- 547017 San Calixto — 6.5 km away
- 547018 San Calixto — 6.5 km away
- 546510 Hacari — 11.3 km away
- 546517 Hacari — 11.3 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
- Capellania — 16.2 km
- El Porvenir — 16.3 km
- La Cueva — 16.4 km
- La Ceiba — 16.5 km
- Cacota — 16.8 km
- Aspasica — 16.8 km
Time and daylight in El Alto
The number of postal codes covering El Alto is 5.
El Alto tells time by America/Bogota, an offset of UTC−5. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Morning light reaches El Alto at 5:42 AM, and the sun sets at 5:33 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 51 min.
The clock does not change between El Alto, Capellania and El Porvenir.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in El Alto?
- El Alto observes the America/Bogota time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the time in El Alto vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in El Alto: No.
- When does morning light reach El Alto?
- At 5:42 AM.