Time Zones in Colombia
Colombia spans one time zone (UTC-5) among the 2 cities tracked on Live Time Map. None of them observe daylight saving time, so their offsets stay the same all year. See the live local time for each city below, or use the interactive map to compare any of them against your own location.
Colombia facts
- Currency
- Colombian peso (COP)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +57
- Time zones on this site
- 1
Clock time and solar time in Colombia
A country's clocks are a political choice, not an astronomical one, so they rarely line up with its own sun. Measured against local solar time, the clock in Medellín runs 2 minutes ahead of the sun.
Solar noon there falls 2 minutes after 12:00 on the clock.
How much daylight changes through the year
Daylight is governed by latitude, not by the clock. Medellín, at 6.2° north, gets 12 hours 29 minutes of daylight on the longest day of the year and 11 hours 46 minutes on the shortest.
That swing is the same whatever the clock says, which is why daylight saving moves working hours around inside the day without creating a single extra minute of light.
Cities in Colombia
Want to compare a city here against your own location? Open the interactive world time zone map to pin it live.
Frequently asked questions
How many time zones does Colombia have?
Colombia uses a single time zone among the cities tracked here: UTC-5.
Does Colombia observe daylight saving time?
No, none of the cities tracked here observe daylight saving time.
Do clocks in Colombia match the sun?
Clocks and the sun are not the same thing. In Bogotá the clock runs 4 minutes behind local solar time, so midday on the clock is not the moment the sun is highest.
How much does daylight change through the year in Colombia?
In Medellín, the longest day of the year has 12 hours 29 minutes of daylight and the shortest has 11 hours 46 minutes.