El ReténColombia
Current time in El Retén, Colombia
Monday, 31 August 2026
Colombia Standard TimeUTC-05:00
⛶ Full-screen clockEl Retén time at a glance
- Country
- Colombia
- Location
- City in Magdalena Department
- Time zone
America/Bogota- UTC offset now
UTC-05:00- Current zone label
- GMT-5
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in El Retén
Conditions near El Retén and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 29°C
- Humidity
- 88%
- Wind
- 7.9 km/h N
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower23°C to 33°C86% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.1 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby25°C to 33°C73% chance of precipitationWind up to 18 km/h
- Overcast24°C to 33°C76% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.5 km/h
Forecast valid from 21:15 local time. Updated 2026-09-01T02:26:34.264Z; refresh due by 2026-09-01T02:41:34.264Z.
Time-zone identity for El Retén
- IANA zone
America/Bogota- UTC offset now
- UTC-05:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-5
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
El Retén is currently 5 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in El Retén
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for El Retén
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Bogota, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About El Retén
Location details for El Retén in Magdalena Department, Colombia.
- Administrative area
- Magdalena Department, Colombia
- Population
- 19,345
- Coordinates
- 10.6113° N, 74.2682° W. The elevation is 24 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near El Retén
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from El Retén. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AracatacaMagdalena Department, Colombia8.8 km east
America/BogotaSame local time - FundaciónMagdalena Department, Colombia14 km southeast
America/BogotaSame local time - PivijayMagdalena Department, Colombia42 km southwest
America/BogotaSame local time - PuebloviejoMagdalena Department, Colombia43 km north
America/BogotaSame local time - CiénagaMagdalena Department, Colombia44 km north
America/BogotaSame local time - SitionuevoMagdalena Department, Colombia53 km west
America/BogotaSame local time
Sources for El Retén time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.