Current time in Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia, keeps Colombia Standard Time at UTC-05:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Bogotá
10:22:09
America/Bogota · UTC-05:00
Time zone in Bogotá
Sunrise and sunset in Bogotá
Sun and clock in Bogotá
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Bogotá falls at 11:56: the city sits almost on the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Bogotá
This close to the equator, sunrise moves more with the equation of time than with the seasons: the earliest comes on November 2 and the latest on January 26.
Accra, at 5.6°N, lies on almost the same parallel as Bogotá, so its days stay within 3 minutes of Bogotá’s all year; its clock is 5 h ahead of Bogotá.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 05:44 | 17:38 | 11 h 54 m |
| December 15 | 05:56 | 17:47 | 11 h 51 m |
| January 15 | 06:09 | 18:02 | 11 h 53 m |
| February 15 | 06:11 | 18:10 | 11 h 58 m |
| March 15 | 06:03 | 18:08 | 12 h 5 m |
| April 15 | 05:50 | 18:03 | 12 h 13 m |
| May 15 | 05:43 | 18:03 | 12 h 20 m |
| June 15 | 05:45 | 18:09 | 12 h 24 m |
| July 15 | 05:51 | 18:13 | 12 h 22 m |
| August 15 | 05:53 | 18:09 | 12 h 16 m |
| September 15 | 05:47 | 17:56 | 12 h 9 m |
| October 15 | 05:42 | 17:43 | 12 h 1 m |
When the clocks change in Bogotá
Bogotá has kept UTC-05:00 since February 7, 1993. The last time its clock showed anything else was from May 3, 1992 to February 7, 1993, when it ran at UTC-04:00. That was the last of 2 such spells in the record since 1900. The record opens with Bogotá’s own local mean time, UTC-04:56:16, kept until 1914.
Calling Bogotá from another time zone
| Place | Bogotá’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 14:00–22:00 | — | — |
| New York | 09:00–17:00 | 8 h, 09:00–17:00 Bogotá time | 7 h to 8 h |
| London | 14:00–22:00 | 3 h, 09:00–12:00 Bogotá time | 2 h to 3 h |
| Tokyo | 23:00–07:00 | none | none all year |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Bogotá, every other city in this directory has already reached Monday. By 17:00 on Friday, 59 listed cities, including New Delhi and Shanghai, have already reached Saturday.
Bogotá compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Bogotá | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | the same time | the same / 1 h ahead |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 5 h ahead | 5 h ahead / 6 h ahead |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 9 h ahead | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 10 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 13 h ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 14 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 16 h ahead | 15 h ahead / 16 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama City | 770 km north-west | same clock | 22 minutes later |
| Caracas | 1,020 km north-east | 1 h ahead | 29 minutes earlier |
| Lima | 1,890 km south | same clock | 12 minutes later |
| Havana | 2,230 km north-west | the same / 1 h ahead | 33 minutes later |
| Miami | 2,430 km north | the same / 1 h ahead | 24 minutes later |
| Mexico City | 3,170 km north-west | 1 h behind | 1 h 40 min later |
| Atlanta | 3,400 km north | the same / 1 h ahead | 41 minutes later |
| Houston | 3,570 km north-west | 1 h behind / the same | 1 h 25 min later |
Beyond Bogotá’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Panama City, 770 km to the north-west, on America/Panama.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Bogotá in?
Bogotá keeps America/Bogota, Colombia Standard Time, at UTC-05:00 all year. The identifier is named after Bogotá itself.
Is all of Colombia on the same time as Bogotá?
Yes. America/Bogota is the tz database’s only entry for Colombia, and Bogotá keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Bogotá?
Brazil (Eirunepe and Rio Branco), Canada (Coral Harbour), Cayman Islands, Ecuador (Guayaquil), Jamaica, Mexico (Cancun), Panama and Peru keep exactly Bogotá’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Bogotá and Caracas?
The clock in Caracas, Venezuela, about 1,020 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h ahead of Bogotá.