Caracol in numbers
- Coordinates
- -7.3459, -79.0970
- Region
- Cajamarca Department
- Country
- Peru, South America
- Capital
- Lima — 572 km away
- Same name
- 56 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Caracol, Cajamarca Department, Peru
Local time right now in Caracol, Cajamarca Department, Peru appears above, in the America/Lima time zone (−5).
Caracol, Peru
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/Lima
Local time in Caracol
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Caracol keeps America/Lima clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:50 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 12 h 23 min Night 11 h 37 min Civil twilight 5:28 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Caracol right now
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Caracol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05770
- 10110
- 12260
- 12320
- 15760
- 19240
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 Cajamarca Department
Other places named Caracol
- Caracol Piauí, Brazil
- Caracol Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Caracol Nord-Est, Haiti
- Caracol Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama
- Caracol Chiapas, Mexico
Same time zone — America/Lima
Nearby places
- La Pampa — 3.1 km
- Quinaquina — 3.3 km
- Quina Quina — 3.3 km
- Cupisnique — 4.5 km
- La Laguna — 5.3 km
- Llacancote — 5.5 km
Local time details for Caracol
Sunrise falls at 5:50 AM today in Caracol, with the sun setting at 6:12 PM. That leaves 12 h 23 min of light.
Caracol shares one clock with the nearby places La Pampa and Quinaquina.
6 postal codes describe the layout of Caracol.
Caracol runs its day on America/Lima, which is offset UTC−5. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Caracol?
- Use America/Lima to show the time in Caracol; its offset is −5.
- Does Caracol change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Caracol: No.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Caracol?
- Today the sun sets at 6:12 PM.