Chile
Time now in Cartagena
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 07:14Sunset 06:22Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/Santiago
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
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Sunrise
07:14
Sunset
06:22
Day length
11h 09m
Coordinates
-33.53, -71.44
Time difference from Cartagena
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Cartagena right now.
Cartagena on the map
About the time in Cartagena
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Cartagena day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 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.
Cartagena follows the civil time used across its region of Chile; there is no separate local reckoning inside the city.
Cartagena runs on America/Santiago, which puts the city UTC −4 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Cartagena
- What time is it in Cartagena right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Cartagena, updating every second from America/Santiago (UTC −4).
- Which time zone is Cartagena in?
- Cartagena uses America/Santiago, currently UTC −4.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Santiago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Does Cartagena change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, but it is not active today. The next change is on 6 September 2026.
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