| 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 |
Medellín, 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 Medellín 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 Medellín lines up with 10:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between Medellín 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 Medellín lines up with 15:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Medellín 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 Medellín.
Medellín (Colombia) is home to roughly 4.0M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:50, sunset at 17:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−5 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 6° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Colombia
Capital
Bogotá
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−5 · America/Bogota
Coordinates
6.25°N, 75.56°W
Currency
COP ($)
Calling Code
+57
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Spanish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Medellín opened the Metrocable in 2004, the first gondola system anywhere built as ordinary mass transit rather than tourism, connecting steep hillside neighbourhoods to the metro below. The model has since been copied across Latin America.
The clock: Medellín keeps UTC−5 at about 1,500 metres, where the temperature barely moves all year — hence its nickname, the city of eternal spring.
Medellín lies at 75.6°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 29m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 46m. The swing between them is 44 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Medellín the sun comes up earliest on 25 May at 05:46, while the latest sunset waits until 18 July at 18:22. 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 Medellín 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 Medellín, Colombia is America/Bogota with a current UTC offset of UTC−5.
Medellín has an estimated population of 4.0M and is located at coordinates 6.25°N, 75.56°W.
Medellín gets 12h 29m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 46m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Medellín falls at about 12:02 on UTC−5 standard time, because the city sits 0.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Cable Cars as Public Transit: Medellín opened the Metrocable in 2004, the first gondola system anywhere built as ordinary mass transit rather than tourism, connecting steep hillside neighbourhoods to the metro below.