El Alto in numbers
- Coordinates
- 3.4486, -74.9794
- Region
- Tolima Department
- Country
- Colombia, South America
- Capital
- Bogotá — 163 km away
- Same name
- 212 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Alto, Tolima Department, Colombia
This page shows local time in El Alto, Tolima Department, Colombia as of this moment, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Wednesday, 28 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 5:45 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 12 h 00 min Night 12 h 00 min Civil twilight 5:23 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in El Alto right now
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El Alto and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 734560 Alpujarra — 8.1 km away
- 734567 Alpujarra — 8.1 km away
- 734540 Dolores — 13.6 km away
- 734547 Dolores — 13.6 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 Tolima Department
- Ibague 529 635
- Espinal 56 213
- Libano 39 459
- Payande 37 496
- San Sebastian De Mariquita 33 340
- Guamo 30 516
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
- San Simon — 18.3 km
- El Caney — 18.7 km
- Delicias — 19.0 km
- Santa María — 19.2 km
- El Tigre — 19.2 km
- Villa Cecilia — 19.3 km
Time and daylight in El Alto
San Simon and El Caney are close to El Alto and observe the same time.
Postal codes tied to El Alto number 4.
Hours in El Alto are kept by America/Bogota, standing at UTC−5. Daylight saving observed: No.
Today in El Alto the sun appears at 5:45 AM and sets again at 5:45 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 00 min.
Questions and answers
- What is El Alto's time zone?
- El Alto's time zone is America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Does El Alto switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in El Alto: No.
- Sunrise in El Alto is at what time?
- At 5:45 AM.