| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +6h | Becomes +5h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +7h | Becomes +6h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +9h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +14h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +15h | Becomes +16h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +1h | Becomes ±0h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 1 Nov |
Cartagena, Colombia runs on UTC−5. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Cartagena and New York is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Cartagena lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Cartagena and London is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Cartagena lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Cartagena and Tokyo is 14 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Bogotá, Lima, Quito. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Cartagena.
Cartagena (Colombia) is home to roughly 1.0M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:50, sunset at 17:53. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 10° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Colombia
Capital
Bogotá
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Coordinates
10.39°N, 75.48°W
Currency
COP ($)
Calling Code
+57
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Cartagena's fortifications run roughly 11 kilometres and took nearly two centuries to complete — the most extensive colonial defences in South America, built because the city was the gold and silver transit point for the Spanish Main.
The clock: Cartagena keeps UTC−5. The walls were finished shortly before they became militarily obsolete, which is why they are still standing.
Cartagena lies at 75.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−5, is built around the 75°W meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:02, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC−5 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 44m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 31m. The swing between them is 1h 13m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Cartagena the sun comes up earliest on 30 May at 05:39, while the latest sunset waits until 14 July at 18:28. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Cartagena that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Cartagena, Colombia is America/Bogota with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Cartagena has an estimated population of 1.0M and is located at coordinates 10.39°N, 75.48°W.
Cartagena gets 12h 44m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 31m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Cartagena falls at about 12:02 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 0.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Eleven Kilometres of Wall: Cartagena's fortifications run roughly 11 kilometres and took nearly two centuries to complete — the most extensive colonial defences in South America, built because the city was the gold and silver transit point for…