El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.4181, -73.1397
- 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 time in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia at this very moment is shown below, in 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 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:20 AM – 5:58 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 547010 San Calixto — 7.7 km away
- 547017 San Calixto — 7.7 km away
- 547018 San Calixto — 7.7 km away
- 546510 Hacari — 10.6 km away
- 546517 Hacari — 10.6 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
- La Ceiba — 15.6 km
- La Cueva — 15.6 km
- El Porvenir — 15.7 km
- Cacota — 16.3 km
- Los Cedros — 16.3 km
- Aspasica — 16.5 km
Time and daylight in El Alto
5 codes make up the postal map of El Alto.
The local zone in El Alto is America/Bogota, standing at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
The horizon brightens over El Alto at 5:41 AM, and the sun sets at 5:37 PM. Daylight runs 11 h 56 min.
The time you see for El Alto is also correct for La Cueva and La Ceiba.
Questions and answers
- What is El Alto's time zone?
- El Alto's time zone is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Is the local clock in El Alto affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in El Alto?
- It appears at 5:41 AM.