Cortez in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.3489, -108.5860
- Elevation
- 1887 m above sea level
- Population
- 8 715
- Region
- Colorado
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 2751 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cortez, Colorado, United States
What follows is the current local time in Cortez, Colorado, United States, in the America/Denver zone (−6).
Cortez, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Denver
Local time in Cortez
UTC−6 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Cortez, Colorado.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:38 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 42 min Night 13 h 18 min Civil twilight 7:11 AM – 6:47 PM
Weather in Cortez right now
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Cortez and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 34215
- 81321
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 Colorado
- Denver 729 019
- Colorado Springs 456 568
- Aurora 359 407
- Fort Collins 170 924
- Lakewood 152 597
- Thornton 133 451
Other places named Cortez
- Cortez Florida, United States
- Cortez Western Visayas, Philippines
- Cortez Beni Department, Bolivia
- Cortez Pando, Bolivia
- Cortez Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/Denver
Nearby places
- Montezuma County — 1.5 km
- Arriola — 11.7 km
- Lebanon — 12.1 km
- Dolores — 15.6 km
- Lewis — 18.3 km
- Badger House Community (historical) — 18.4 km
Time and daylight in Cortez
The name of the time zone in Cortez is America/Denver, and it runs UTC−6. Daylight saving time: Yes.
First light in Cortez comes at 7:38 AM today; darkness returns after 6:20 PM. The day gives 10 h 42 min of light.
The time in Cortez is also the time in nearby Montezuma County and Arriola.
Cortez includes 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Cortez?
- Use America/Denver to show the time in Cortez; its offset is −6.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Cortez?
- Daylight saving in Cortez: Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Cortez?
- It disappears at 6:20 PM.