Costa Rica
Time now in Cartagena
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:33Sunset 05:57Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Costa_Rica
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
3,824
Sunrise
05:33
Sunset
05:57
Day length
12h 24m
Coordinates
10.36, -85.68
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 15:00–23:00 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 runs on America/Costa_Rica, which puts the city UTC −6 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.
Sunrise today lands at 05:33 and sunset at 05:57 local time, giving 12h 24m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (10.36, -85.68) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Cartagena.
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/Costa_Rica (UTC −6).
- Which time zone is Cartagena in?
- Cartagena uses America/Costa_Rica, currently UTC −6.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Cartagena?
- Cartagena is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Cartagena change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Cartagena keeps UTC −6 throughout the year.
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