Colombia
Time now in Cartagena
Sunrise 05:52Sunset 06:17Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Bogota
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
914,552
Sunrise
05:52
Sunset
06:17
Day length
12h 25m
Coordinates
10.40, -75.49
Time difference from Cartagena
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About the time in Cartagena
Cartagena runs on America/Bogota, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Cartagena day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Clocks in Cartagena stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC −5 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Colombia.
Frequently asked questions about time in Cartagena
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Cartagena?
- Cartagena is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Cartagena right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Cartagena, updating every second from America/Bogota (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Bogota, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Cartagena in?
- Cartagena uses America/Bogota, currently UTC −5.
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