Medellin to Urbandale, IA: time difference
Urbandale, IA is 1 h behind Medellin. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
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Medellin 18:00 6:00 PM Urbandale, IA 17:00 5:00 PM You –:–
18:00 6:00 PM
Colombia Standard Time · UTC-5
☀️ 05:51 · 🌙 17:43
17:00 5:00 PM
Central Standard Time · UTC-6
☀️ 06:54 · 🌙 17:05
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−1 h
Urbandale, IA is 1 h behind Medellin.
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Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇨🇴 Medellin
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇺🇸 Urbandale, IA
23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇨🇴 Medellin | 🇺🇸 Urbandale, IA |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 18:00 | 17:00 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Friday, November 6, 2026 |
| Time zone | Colombia Standard Time | Central Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-5 | UTC-6 |
| Offset from Medellin | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | America/Bogota | America/Chicago |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC-5, Mar 14, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:51 | 06:54 |
| Sunset | 17:43 | 17:05 |
| Daylight | 11 h 53 min | 10 h 11 min |
| People on this clock | 2,486,723 | 45,580 |
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Medellin and Urbandale, IA: common questions
How many hours behind Medellin is Urbandale, IA?
The clocks in Urbandale are 1 hour behind those in Medellin (UTC−6 and UTC−5).
If it is 9:00 AM in Medellin, what time is it in Urbandale, IA?
At 9:00 AM in Medellin, clocks in Urbandale show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Urbandale, IA, at the end of the working day in Medellin?
The working day in Medellin ends at 6:00 PM; in Urbandale it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When do working hours in Medellin and in Urbandale, IA, overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Medellin, which is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Urbandale.
Until what time in Medellin is it still yesterday in Urbandale, IA?
Before 1:00 AM in Medellin, the date in Urbandale has not changed yet. From 11:00 PM in Urbandale, it is already the next day in Medellin.
Does the time difference between Medellin and Urbandale, IA, change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Urbandale. From March 14, 2027, Urbandale and Medellin will have the same time.
