Current time in Colombia

Colombia

4:10 p.m.
May 16, 2024

Local time in Colombia

The time in Colombia is 5 hours behind UTC and 1 hour behind Columbus. The timezone in Colombia is Colombia Time (COT). Colombia is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1993.

Details for the time in Colombia

Current time
4:10 p.m.
Time zone Colombia Time (COT)
IANA time zone America/Bogota
Your time difference 1 hour behind Columbus
UTC time difference UTC-5
5 hours behind UTC

Colombia Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Colombia is not using Daylight Saving Time.

Colombia

Columbia uses Columbia Time COT. COT is UTC -0500. Colombia's latitude and longitude is 04° 00' N and 72° 00' W. Because of this a five hours offset between COT and UTC is not surprising. Because of its location close to the equator Columbia has no need for daylight savings time.

Important cities in Colombia

The current time in some important cities in Colombia is shown below.

Time in Colombia