El Choco in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.4187, -73.0557
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 438 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Choco, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
Local time in El Choco, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia is shown on this page, based on the America/Bogota time zone (−5).
El Choco, Colombia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Choco
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in El Choco.
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 Choco right now
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El Choco and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 546510 Hacari — 14.8 km away
- 546517 Hacari — 14.8 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 Choco
- El Choco Cesar Department, Colombia
- El Choco Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
- El Choco Campeche, Mexico
- El Choco Colima, Mexico
- El Choco Tamaulipas, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- La Poderosa — 14.8 km
- La Mesa — 15.2 km
- Miraflores — 15.2 km
- San Benito — 15.4 km
- El Cedro — 15.6 km
- Las Palmas — 15.7 km
About the time in El Choco
Time in El Choco is measured by America/Bogota, at UTC−5. Whether clocks are moved for summer: No.
Today El Choco gets sunrise at 5:41 AM and sunset at 5:37 PM. That leaves 11 h 56 min of daylight.
The clock in El Choco matches the clock in nearby La Poderosa and Miraflores.
Postal codes in El Choco number 2.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in El Choco follow?
- Local time in El Choco follows America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach El Choco?
- Daylight saving time in El Choco: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in El Choco?
- The hour is 5:41 AM.