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Daylight hours in Cartagena

Cartagena gets 12h 44m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 11h 31m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 1h 13m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Cartagena through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (12h 44m) and shortest on December 21 (11h 31m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Cartagena observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day12h 44mJune 21 · 05:43–18:27
Shortest day11h 31mDecember 21 · 06:15–17:46
March equinox12h 07mMarch 20 · 06:07–18:14
Fastest change+0.6 min/dayaround March 21

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Cartagena on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 106:2017:5211h 32m
February 106:2618:0711h 41m
March 106:1818:1311h 56m
April 106:0018:1312h 14m
May 105:4518:1512h 30m
June 105:4018:2212h 41m
July 105:4518:2812h 43m
August 105:5218:2612h 34m
September 105:5418:1312h 19m
October 105:5117:5412h 02m
November 105:5417:3911h 45m
December 106:0517:3911h 34m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Cartagena’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Cartagena’s are shortest:

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