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Guaviare Department, Colombia

Guaviare Department follows Colombia Time at UTC−5. San José del Guaviare and every other municipality in the department use one year-round clock without daylight saving time.

San José del Guaviare, Colombia

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Sunday, 6 September 2026

UTC−5 · America/Bogota

Time and sun data for San José del Guaviare — the largest city of Guaviare Department

The sun in San José del Guaviare

Sunrise 5:46 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 12 h 09 min Night 11 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:25 AM – 6:16 PM

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Current time in Guaviare Department, Colombia

The displayed local time applies across Guaviare and matches the official time everywhere else in Colombia. Its offset is consistently five hours behind UTC, with no seasonal advance or retreat of the clock.

This stability simplifies domestic arrangements, but international scheduling may still require care. If the other location changes its clocks during the year, the difference from Guaviare changes even though Guaviare itself remains firmly on COT.

In Guaviare, the forest may complicate the route, but it has graciously left the clock alone.

One time for Guaviare’s municipalities

San José del Guaviare is the departmental capital and largest urban reference. Calamar, El Retorno and Miraflores are the department’s other municipalities. All four use exactly the same civil time, as do their rural surroundings.

Use San José del Guaviare time for government offices and services in the capital. Keep COT for plans involving Calamar or El Retorno. Apply the same offset to Miraflores and remote settlements. Verify transport details without adding a domestic time conversion.

River, road and air journeys may have very different practical requirements, but departure and arrival hours within the department share one time basis. Correctly configured phones and computers should display the national Colombian time automatically.

Using sunrise times in Guaviare

Sunrise depends on the observer’s coordinates rather than departmental boundaries. Eastern and western locations in Guaviare can therefore show slightly different daily solar times. Trees, uneven terrain and clouds may also postpone the moment when a person sees direct sunlight compared with a calculated sunrise.

Being near the equator keeps annual variation in daylight duration smaller than in high-latitude regions. Still, the Sun does not rise at precisely the same clock time every morning. Both the calendar date and the selected municipality are needed for a useful result.

For travel or work beginning around first light, look at civil dawn as well as sunrise. Dawn starts before the solar disk reaches the horizon and can offer increasing light. A forecast remains important because cloud or rain can leave the landscape dimmer than a solar table alone would imply.

Questions and answers

What is Guaviare’s time-zone offset?: Guaviare is on UTC−5 under Colombia Time.
Do San José del Guaviare and Miraflores share one time?: Yes. Both municipalities, along with all of Guaviare, follow COT.
Is sunrise the same throughout the department?: No. Its clock time and visible appearance vary with location, date, horizon and weather.