El Carmen
in Departamento del Chocó, Colombia

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
5.888 and -75.164 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 5° 53' 16" and W -75° 9' 51"
Currency and Currency Code:
Peso - COP
Spoken languages:
Spanish
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 02:15 AM (Friday)
Timezone: America/Bogota
UTC/GMT offset: -5 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:47 am and 6:07 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-5.831 and 104.835 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Kurupan
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Colombia in South America

Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Colombia.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Colombia. Last Update: 2024-05-02 08:23:34

Discover El Carmen

El Carmen in Departamento del Chocó with it's 2,258 citizens is a city in Colombia about 116 mi (or 186 km) north-west of Bogota, the country's capital city.

Local time in El Carmen is now 02:15 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named America / Bogota with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of El Carmen, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Colombia is Jose Maria Córdova International Airport in a distance of 26 mi (or 42 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia in a distance of 65 mi (or 104 km), South-East.

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: La Ceja, Medellin, Bello, Caracoli and Ciudad Bolivar. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F

Morning Temperature 11°C / 52 °F
Evening Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Night Temperature 10°C / 50 °F
Chance of rainfall 35%
Air Humidity 98%
Air Pressure 1016 hPa
Wind Speed Calm with 1 km/h (1 mph) from West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Heavy intensity rain

Friday, 3rd of May 2024

19°C (65 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Moderate rain, calm, overcast clouds.

Saturday, 4th of May 2024

13°C (56 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Very heavy rain, calm, overcast clouds.

Sunday, 5th of May 2024

18°C (65 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.

Videos from this area

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Pailania (San Francisco -Antioquia) Transporte Campesino

Published: July 16, 2012
Length: 19:57 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Jose Edison Henao Carmona

Corriendo grandes riegos, nuestros campesinos suelen desplazarse los dimongos desde sus parcelas a los centros poblacionales (municipios o corregimientos) para hacer diligencias y conseguir...


Estado de la vía La Piñuela-San Francisco.

Published: May 10, 2012
Length: 43:30 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Yesid Guarin

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Charco en Pailania

Published: February 08, 2008
Length: 17:35 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Juan Serna

Charco en Pailania, limites entre San Francisco y Cocorná.


Cañones del Melcocho: Cañon del Rio Santo Domingo

Published: February 03, 2015
Length: 39:30 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: CORUM ONG

En los cañones del Melcocho y Santo Domingo; en uno de los ríos con el agua mas cristalina del mundo. Un territorio ubicado entre los municipios de Cocorná, El Carmen de Viboral y San Francisco,...


Cacoa Farm Tour, San Francisco, Colombia Part.1

Published: February 04, 2019
Length: 04:55 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Worldly Traveler

These are video highlights from the Cacoa Farm Tour organized by Toucan Spanish Tours. We visited a locally owned cacoa farming cooperative in the town of ...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

El Carmen de Atrato

El Carmen de Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia.

Located at 5.88778, -75.1642 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Municipalities of Chocó Department, Populated places in the Chocó Department

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Carmen, El Carmen