Plugs and voltage
Colombia uses Types A and B sockets. Mains supply is 120 V at 60 Hz.
At 120 V, devices from 220–240 V countries that are not dual-voltage will run weakly or not at all. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Adapter guides: from United States
Money
$ Colombian Peso COP
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 4,053 COP (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 41 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Colombia are about 41% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Spanishofficial93%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Colombia is on UTC−5, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Colombia drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
20 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
November 2026
- All Saints' Day (observed)
- Independence of Cartagena (observed)
December 2026
- Immaculate Conception
- Christmas Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Epiphany (observed)
March 2027
- Saint Joseph's Day (observed)
- Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Ascension Day (observed)
- Corpus Christi (observed)
June 2027
- Sacred Heart (observed)
July 2027
- Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Day (observed)
- Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (observed)
- Independence Day
August 2027
- Battle of Boyacá
- Assumption Day (observed)
October 2027
- Columbus Day (observed)
November 2027
- All Saints' Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-30. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +57
- Internet domain
- .co
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- US-Letter
- Week starts on
- Sunday
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Flag: Flag of Colombia.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Colombia.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
