Time in Colombia 🇨🇴
The current local time in Colombia is anchored on Bogotá (America/Bogota, UTC -05:00 · GMT-5).
Bogotá local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-5
Colombia at a glance
- Capital
- Bogotá
- ISO codes
- CO · COL
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +57
- Currency
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Colombia
All of Colombia keeps the same clock, UTC -05:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Bogota · Bogotá | UTC -05:00 | — | None |
Bogotá vs. major cities
How far Bogotá is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Bogotá, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Bogotá | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | +1 h | 10:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −2 h | 07:00 | 11:00–17:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Paris · France | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +9 h | 18:00 | None |
| Delhi · India | +10:30 h | 19:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +13 h | 22:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Bogotá time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Bogotá
Since 1970, Bogotá has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, none of them with daylight saving time. Since 1993 it has stayed on UTC -05:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Bogotá stays on UTC -05:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (3 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1991 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1992 | UTC -04:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1993–2026 | UTC -05:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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