Colombia and the United States: how many working hours a remote team actually shares

Between Colombia and the United States the working days overlap by 7 hours to 9 hours, depending on the cities and the season.

City by city

Shared hours of a 09:00–18:00 working day, computed for September 10, 2026.

ColombiaNew YorkLos AngelesChicago
Bogotá 8 h7 h9 h

Is that enough?

The staffing rule of thumb is 2–3 shared hours for engineering, 4–6 for sales and support. Against the best city pairing in this corridor:

Engineering, async-friendly (2–3 h)9 hworks
Sales and support (4–6 h)9 hworks

Working out what those hours cost? The meeting-cost calculator prices a recurring call in Colombia and in the United States. costof.autofract.com

What daylight saving does to it

The gap between these two countries is not constant. Over the next twelve months it takes these values:

FromtoDifferenceShared working hours
September 10, 2026 October 31, 2026 +1 h 8 h
November 1, 2026 March 13, 2027 0 9 h
March 14, 2027 October 14, 2027 +1 h 8 h

The city pairs behind these numbers

Offsets and daylight-saving rules come from the IANA time zone database through the standard Intl API — the same source the board uses, so nothing here is a hand-written offset table. Working hours are 09:00–18:00 local on both sides unless you change them on the board. City names and coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Computed on September 10, 2026 · About