El Principio in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.4505, -75.3592
- Region
- Sucre Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 556 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Principio, Sucre Department, Colombia
The present local time in El Principio, Sucre Department, Colombia is given below, for the America/Bogota time zone (−5).
El Principio, Colombia
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Principio
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Principio, Sucre Department.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:51 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:29 AM – 6:06 PM
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El Principio and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 707030 Coloso — 4.6 km away
- 707037 Coloso — 4.6 km away
- 701010 Chalan — 12.0 km away
- 701017 Chalan — 12.0 km away
- 701050 Los Palmitos — 12.8 km away
- 701057 Los Palmitos — 12.8 km away
- 701058 Los Palmitos — 12.8 km away
- 701070 Morroa — 14.3 km away
- 701077 Morroa — 14.3 km away
- 701078 Morroa — 14.3 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 Sucre Department
- Sincelejo 277 773
- San Marcos 60 735
- Corozal 39 800
- San Onofre 32 957
- San Luis De Since 30 768
- Santiago De Tolu 27 390
Other places named El Principio
- El Principio Oaxaca, Mexico
- El Principio Veracruz, Mexico
- El Principio Veracruz, Mexico
- El Principio Tamaulipas, Mexico
- El Principio Campeche, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Bogota
- Bogota Colombia
- Cali Colombia
- Medellin Colombia
- Barranquilla Colombia
- Kennedy Colombia
- Cartagena Colombia
Nearby places
- Tumbavaca — 11.9 km
- Campo Alegre — 12.1 km
- El Desconsolado — 12.4 km
- Mohan — 12.4 km
- El Rocio — 13.0 km
- La Estancia — 13.1 km
El Principio: clock, sun and surroundings
Daylight in El Principio today runs from 5:51 AM to 5:45 PM. The stretch measures 11 h 54 min.
The clock in El Principio matches the clock in nearby Tumbavaca and Campo Alegre.
Addressing within El Principio draws on 10 postal codes.
El Principio belongs to the America/Bogota zone, placing local clocks at UTC−5. Summer time adjustment: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to El Principio?
- The time zone that applies to El Principio is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time reach El Principio?
- Daylight saving time in El Principio: No.
- When does evening light leave El Principio?
- At 5:45 PM.