Velez in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.0133, -73.6735
- Population
- 19 376
- Region
- Santander Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 162 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Velez, Santander Department, Colombia
What follows is the current local time in Velez, Santander Department, Colombia, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
Velez, Colombia
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in Velez
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Velez.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 11:40 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 Velez right now
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Velez and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 685561
- 685567
- 685568
- 685569
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 Santander Department
- Bucaramanga 581 130
- Floridablanca 267 591
- Barrancabermeja 191 403
- Piedecuesta 163 362
- Giron 108 466
- Cimitarra 50 892
Other places named Velez
- Velez Antioquia, Colombia
- Velez Sucre Department, Colombia
- Velez Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
- Velez Central Serbia, Serbia
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Matarredonda — 21.9 km
- Marco Fidel Súarez — 22.2 km
- Marco Fidel Suarez — 22.2 km
- Molino Viejo — 22.6 km
- El Duraznito — 22.6 km
- El Palinar — 22.7 km
About the time in Velez
Neighbouring places Matarredonda and Marco Fidel Súarez run on Velez time.
Velez is split into 4 postal code areas.
The time zone assigned to Velez is America/Bogota, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sun is up at 5:42 AM in Velez and down again at 5:38 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 56 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Velez?
- The time zone that includes Velez is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Velez stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Velez: No.
- What time is first light in Velez?
- The sun rises at 5:42 AM.