El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.2566, -73.2023
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 417 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 present local time in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia is given below, for the America/Bogota time zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Alto
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Alto.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:41 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 5:38 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:20 AM – 5:59 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 546530 La Playa — 6.2 km away
- 546537 La Playa — 6.2 km away
- 546510 Hacari — 9.5 km away
- 546517 Hacari — 9.5 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
- Sucre — 2.2 km
- Colon — 2.6 km
- El Pantano — 3.3 km
- Picon — 3.8 km
- Curasica — 4.4 km
- Bellavista — 5.1 km
About the time in El Alto
Clocks across El Alto run on America/Bogota at UTC−5. Daylight saving time: No.
In El Alto the sun rises today at 5:41 AM and sets again at 5:38 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 56 min of the day.
Sucre and Colon lie near El Alto and keep identical time.
The postal breakdown of El Alto runs to 4 codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to El Alto?
- America/Bogota corresponds to El Alto and has an offset of −5.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in El Alto?
- Daylight saving time in El Alto: No.
- When does daylight begin in El Alto?
- Daylight begins at 5:41 AM.