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Guainía Department, Colombia

Guainía Department keeps Colombia Time, UTC−5, throughout the year. Inírida and remote communities across the department use the same official clock, with no daylight saving adjustment.

Inírida, Colombia

5:19:05 PM

Sunday, 1 November 2026

UTC−5 · America/Bogota

Time and sun data for Inírida — the largest city of Guainía Department

The sun in Inírida

Sunrise 5:17 AM Solar noon 11:16 AM Sunset 5:16 PM Daylight 11 h 59 min Night 12 h 01 min Civil twilight 4:56 AM – 5:37 PM

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Current time in Guainía Department, Colombia

The local time for Guainía is Colombia’s single national civil time. It remains five hours behind UTC in every month. Traveling into the department from elsewhere in Colombia does not create a time-zone change.

People coordinating with another country should check that location’s rules for the chosen date. Guainía’s offset remains stable, but seasonal changes abroad can alter the number of hours separating two places.

Distances in Guainía can make a journey feel long; adding a time-zone change would merely be showing off.

Inírida and timekeeping beyond the capital

Inírida is the departmental capital and its principal urban center. Much of Guainía is sparsely settled, and travel between communities may rely on river or air connections. Remoteness has no effect on legal time: inhabited places throughout the department follow COT.

For clear scheduling: Use Inírida time as the reference for departmental services. Treat flight and local transport times as COT unless stated otherwise. Keep the same clock setting when traveling between the capital and rural communities.

Confirm communication arrangements when connectivity is uncertain. A late message or delayed arrival should not be mistaken for a different local hour. Transport conditions and communications can vary, but the official UTC offset is uniform. Bogotá and Inírida show the same civil time.

Sunrise in eastern Colombia

Guainía lies in eastern Colombia, so the Sun generally reaches its daily positions earlier by the national clock than it does in far-western parts of the country. Within Guainía itself, longitude still produces small differences among locations. A precise sunrise calculation needs coordinates and a date.

Its near-equatorial position means day length does not undergo the large seasonal swings experienced in distant northern or southern latitudes. Even here, however, sunrise and sunset are not fixed to one permanent minute. Their clock times shift gradually during the year.

Riverbanks, forest and cloud can change the observed arrival of direct sunlight. Calculated sunrise assumes a conventional horizon and atmospheric model; it does not promise a clear view. For navigation or an early departure, consult local sunrise and dawn information, then allow for weather and practical conditions.

Questions and answers

What time zone does Guainía use?: Guainía uses Colombia Time, abbreviated COT, at UTC−5.
Is Inírida ahead of Bogotá?: No. Their official clocks show the same time, although sunrise tends to occur earlier in the east.
Are clocks changed seasonally in Guainía?: No. The department does not observe daylight saving time.