Cartagena uses America/Bogota — UTC-05:00 (-05) in standard time. It is located in Bolívar, Colombia. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Cartagena's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Cartagena uses UTC-05:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC-05:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Cartagena is America/Bogota. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla
Currency: Colombian Peso (COP). Calling code: +57. Languages: Spanish.
Cartagena ( KAR-tə-HEN-ə), known since the imperial era as Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: [kaɾtaˈxena ðe ˈindjas] ), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea.
Cartagena's past role as a link in the route to the West Indies provides it with important historical value for world exploration and preservation of heritage from the great commercial maritime routes. As a former Spanish colony, it was a key port for the export of Bolivian silver to Spain and for the import of enslaved Africans under the asiento system.
It was defensible against pirate attacks in the Caribbean. The city's strategic location between the Magdalena and Sinú rivers also gave it easy access to the interior of New Granada and made it a main port for trade between Spain and its overseas empire, establishing its importance by the early 1540s.
Modern Cartagena is the capital of the Bolívar Department, and had a population of 876,885 according to the 2018 census, making it the second-largest city in the Caribbean region, after Barranquilla, and the fifth-largest city in Colombia. The metropolitan area of Cartagena is the sixth-largest...
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Cartagena, Colombia. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
914,552 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Bolívar, Colombia.
America/Bogota · UTC-05:00 (-05).
No daylight saving time.
Colombian Peso (COP) · +57.
Barranquilla, Maracaibo, Medellín
Rafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG) about 5.4 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 31.3°C and lows 25.3°C. Warmest month: March (average high 33.7°C); coolest month: November (average low 24.6°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
The main economic activities in Cartagena are industry, tourism, and commerce. The port of Cartagena is one of the largest in South America. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Bolívar · IANA zone: America/Bogota · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Cartagena and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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