
Pereira
Colombia
Pereira: facts
At a glance
- Country: Colombia
- Region: Risaralda Department
- Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
- Population: approximately 467,269
- Coordinates: 4.8143° N, 75.6949° W
- Time zone: America/Bogota (UTC-05:00)
- Currency: Peso (COP)
- Distance to the capital, Bogota: 180 km (112 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Matecaña International Airport (PEI): 4.9 km (3.1 mi), straight line
- La Nubia Airport (MZL): 35 km (22 mi), straight line
- El Eden Airport (AXM): 41 km (25 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Dosquebradas: 4.1 km (2.6 mi)
- Santa Rosa de Cabal: 10 km (6 mi)
- Ulloa: 13 km (8 mi)
- Marsella: 14 km (9 mi)
- Filandia: 16 km (10 mi)
Coming up in Pereira
- 11 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 14 Nov 2026: Colombian Women's Day
- 16 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 7 Dec 2026: Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 8 Dec 2026: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
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