San Andrés
in San Andrés of Providencia y Santa Catalina, Departamento de Archipiélago de San Andrés, Colombia
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Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (1 mi) - El Embrujo Airport (58 mi)
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Corn Island (97 mi) - Bluefields Airport (146 mi)
- Puerto Cabezas Airport (152 mi)
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Barra del Colorado Airport (179 mi) - Aerotortuguero Airport (186 mi)
- Waspam Airport (213 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 12.585 and -81.701 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 12° 35' 4" and W -81° 42' 2"
- 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: 09:15 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: America/Bogota
- UTC/GMT offset: -5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:11 am and 6:39 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -12.116 and 96.895 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bantam Village - References
- This place on Geonames.org
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: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Delve into San Andrés
San Andrés in San Andrés (Providencia y Santa Catalina, Departamento de Archipiélago de San Andrés) with it's 58,257 habitants is a town located in Colombia about 758 mi (or 1,219 km) north-west of Bogota, the country's capital town.
Time in San Andrés is now 09:15 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named America / Bogota with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to San Andrés. The closest airport in Colombia is Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 1 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bluefields, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Limon, Matina and Batan. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 83 °F
| Morning Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 28°C / 83 °F |
| Night Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 75% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 20% of sky |
| General Conditions | Few clouds |
Friday, 19th of April 2024
28°C (82 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
28°C (82 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
28°C (82 °F)
28°C (82 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Acantilado de la Tierra by On Vacation
Hotel On Vacation Caribbean All Inclusive
Apartahotel Las Américas
Casablanca
NOBLE HOUSE
SOL CARIBE CAMPO
Hotel Calypso Beach
Posada Amaripucci
Sheylla's Place
Blue Almond Hostel San Andres
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
GOPRO SAN ANDRES 2014
Minha primeira experiência com a minha GoPro Hero 3+ Black durante as férias na Ilha de San Andrés, Colômbia, em agosto de 2014. Veja em Full HD!! My first experience with my GoPro Hero...
avianca a 320 proximos a despegar aeropuerto de san andres
El Viajero Hostel San Andres Colombia
El Viajero Hostel San Andrés. The first and ONLY hostel in the island. www.elviajerohostel.com - 116 beds - 5 floors - Doubles, Twins & 8 room dormitories. - Air Conditioned and...
ISLAS SAN ANDRES COLOMBIA
como filmar con un drone desde las alturas del hotel decameron acuarium.
Gettin' Sassy in San Andres
San Andres | Colombia
Isla de San Andres, Colombia. Janeiro de 2015.
ATERRIZAJE EN SAN ANDRES ISLA, AIR TRANSAT A310-300/LANDING AT SAN ANDRES ISLAND!
tomado desde la pista (cabezera) 06 del aeropuerto internacional gustavo rojas pinilla.
Viagem de San Andres - Colombia (Duh Rocha e Gi Uehara) 2015
Viagem de San Andres Isla - Colombia.
San Andres Abril 2014
Barreras de coral, manglares, peces, erizos y mantarayas.
Habitacion de Hotel Decameron Maryland, San Andres, Colombia
De vacaciones a San Andres, Colombia.
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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.
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina); or colloquially San Andrés y Providencia is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about 775 km northwest of Colombia and 220 km from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs. The largest island of the archipelago is called San Andrés (island) and its capital is San Andrés.
San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia
San Andrés is the capital of the Colombian department of San Andrés y Providencia. It is situated at the north end of San Andrés Island. The population is considered to be about 20% Raizals and 80% mainland Colombians. The economy is mainly sustained by tourism and commercial fishing.
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport is the main airport in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, which is able to receive large aircraft, to accommodate a number of seasonal and charter flights to and from different parts of the Americas and Europe.
San Andrés (island)
San Andrés (island) is a coral island among the Colombian islands in the Caribbean Sea. Past historically tied to England, and politically part of Colombia,” San Andrés and the nearby islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina form the department of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. San Andrés, in the southern group of islands, is the largest of the department. The official languages in the department are Spanish, English, and Creole.
AIRES Flight 8250
AIRES Flight 8250 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight which crashed on 16 August 2010 on the Colombian island of San Andrés, in the Caribbean, with two fatalities. The aircraft, an AIRES-operated Boeing 737-73V, was en route from the Colombian capital Bogota when it crashed while attempting to land in bad weather, breaking into three pieces on impact with the runway. It was the second fatal accident involving a 737–700, and the first one leading to the plane being written off.
Spanish capture of Providencia
The Spanish conquest of Providencia took place on 17 May 1641 and was a Thirty Years' War amphibious expedition launched by Spain in order to seize the island from English control. The Spanish fleet carrying 2,000 men captured the island and demolished the forts taking so much gold that the value of the plunder was estimated at above half a million ducats.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of San Andrés.
- Bluefields
- Puerto Cabezas
- Puerto Limon
- Matina
- Batan
- Cariari
- Pacuarito
- Siquirres
- Guapiles
Guabito- La Virgen
- Bastimentos
- Bocas del Toro
- Dulce Nombre de Jesus
- Sieyic
Puerto Lempira- San Carlos
- Kusapin
- Valle del Risco
- Bahia Azul
- Tobobe
- Punta Laurel
- Cauchero
- Cartago
- Heredia
- San Pedro
- Sabanilla
- San Jose
- Punta Robalo
- Alajuela
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
San Andrés, ADZ
