Santa Marta keeps UTC-5 all year, 5 hours behind UTC. Santa Marta does not use daylight saving time, so the offset never changes and the gap to any other fixed-offset city is the same in January as in July. The clock above is the live local time in Santa Marta, Colombia, to the second.
About time in Santa Marta
Santa Marta operates on the America/Bogota time zone. Santa Marta is on UTC-5 all year, 5 hours behind UTC. Located in Colombia at 11.24°N, 74.2°W, the city’s sunrise, sunset and day length shift through the year with the seasons. Whether you are scheduling a call with someone in Santa Marta, planning travel, or coordinating remote work across time zones, the live clock above always shows the exact current time.
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Frequently asked questions
What time is it in Santa Marta right now?
The clock above shows the exact local time in Santa Marta, updated every second. Santa Marta is on UTC-5 all year, 5 hours behind UTC.
What time zone is Santa Marta in?
Santa Marta, Colombia uses the America/Bogota time zone. That is UTC-5 all year, and it does not change with the season.
Does Santa Marta observe daylight saving time?
No. Santa Marta stays on UTC-5 all year round, so the offset never changes and there is no clock change to plan around.
How far ahead or behind is Santa Marta?
Santa Marta is 5 hours behind UTC, every day of the year. Use the comparison list above to see the current time in major world cities relative to Santa Marta.
Santa Marta time zone explained
Santa Marta follows the America/Bogota time zone, UTC-5 at mid-year. No daylight saving is observed, so the offset from UTC never changes. The zone abbreviation is -05 in January all year.
Time difference from Santa Marta to major cities
Santa Marta is 6 hours behind London
Santa Marta is 1 hour behind New York
Santa Marta is 2 hours ahead of Los Angeles
Santa Marta is 7 hours behind Paris
Santa Marta is 9 hours behind Dubai
Santa Marta is 13 hours behind Singapore
Santa Marta is 14 hours behind Tokyo
Santa Marta is 15 hours behind Sydney
Differences use mid-year offsets; daylight saving in either city can shift them by an hour. For exact call windows use the Meeting Planner or the time-zone converter.
Sunrise lands around 05:40 (solar time) in June and about 06:19 in December. Day length is fairly stable through the year at this latitude, which keeps schedules predictable.
Approximate sunrise by month (solar time)
Jan 06:17
Feb 06:10
Mar 06:02
Apr 05:52
May 05:44
Jun 05:40
Jul 05:42
Aug 05:48
Sep 05:58
Oct 06:07
Nov 06:15
Dec 06:19
Values are computed from latitude for mid-month and shown in local solar time; clock time can differ up to an hour or more with daylight saving and position within the time zone.
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