El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.3742, -73.1820
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 430 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
This page shows what the clocks read right now in El Alto, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Thursday, 29 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 5:42 AM Solar noon 11:38 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 — 4.2 km away
- 547017 San Calixto — 4.2 km away
- 547018 San Calixto — 4.2 km away
- 546510 Hacari — 6.7 km away
- 546517 Hacari — 6.7 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 Retiro — 12.2 km
- El Retiro — 12.2 km
- Palestina — 12.3 km
- San Pedro — 12.4 km
- Caucan — 12.4 km
- Gamarra — 12.5 km
Local time details for El Alto
Sunrise for El Alto today is set at 5:42 AM, sunset at 5:33 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 51 min.
Around El Alto, places such as El Retiro and El Retiro use the same time.
The register holds 5 postal codes for El Alto.
The offset in El Alto is UTC−5, under the America/Bogota time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for El Alto labeled?
- The time zone for El Alto is labeled America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in El Alto?
- Daylight saving in El Alto: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in El Alto?
- The hour is 5:42 AM.