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
Below you can see what the time is in El Alto, Tolima Department, Colombia now, in the America/Bogota zone (−5).
El Alto, Colombia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Local time in El Alto
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Alto, Tolima Department.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:45 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 12 h 02 min Night 11 h 58 min Civil twilight 5:24 AM – 6:09 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
About the time in El Alto
Addresses in El Alto fall under 4 postal codes.
The applicable time zone for El Alto is America/Bogota, offset UTC−5. Seasonal clock change applies: No.
El Alto sees the sun rise at 5:45 AM and set at 5:48 PM today. Daylight runs for 12 h 02 min.
San Simon and El Caney are near El Alto and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does El Alto follow?
- El Alto follows America/Bogota, with an offset of −5.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover El Alto?
- Daylight saving time in El Alto: No.
- What time is sunset in El Alto?
- It is 5:48 PM.