Time in Brazil now
9:58AMUTC−3
UTC−3+2 h vs New York (you)America/Sao_Paulo
No clock changes: Brazil stays on UTC−3 all year.
Time zones in Brazil now
| Zone | Time now | Offset now | Rules | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Branco time | 7:58 AM UTC−5 | UTC−5 | UTC−5 all year | Rio Branco · Amazonas (west); Acre |
| Manaus time | 8:58 AM UTC−4 | UTC−4 | UTC−4 all year | Manaus · Mato Grosso do Sul; Mato Grosso; Rondonia; Roraima; Amazonas (east) |
| São Paulo time | 9:58 AM UTC−3 | UTC−3 | UTC−3 all year | São Paulo · Para (east), Amapa; Brazil (northeast: MA, PI, CE, RN, PB); Pernambuco; Tocantins; Alagoas, Sergipe; Bahia; Brazil (southeast: GO, DF, MG, ES, RJ, SP, PR, SC, RS); Para (west) |
| Noronha time | 10:58 AM UTC−2 | UTC−2 | UTC−2 all year | — · Atlantic islands |
Time zone in Brazil
Brazil has 4 different clock settings under the current rules, from UTC−5 in Rio Branco to UTC−2 in Noronha. The clock at the top shows the capital, Brasília, on UTC−3 all year.
The IANA time zone database divides Brazil into 16 zones. It needs more zones than there are clock settings because it also records history: two regions that keep the same time today get separate entries if their clocks differed at any point since 1970, which is why, for example, America/Eirunepe and America/Rio_Branco are separate.
Brasília lies at 47.9° west, where mean solar time is UTC−3:12 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 12 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Brazil
No. None of Brazil’s regions changes its clocks under the current rules.
Brasília last used daylight saving time in the southern summer of 2018–19, after 34 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Brazil
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−3:06 in São Paulo), which ended on January 1, 1914, when UTC−3 replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 34 of the 55 years, most recently in 2018. The first summer time in the record dates from 1931. The table summarises the clocks of Brasília year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/Sao_Paulo.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1984 | UTC−3 all year | — |
| 1985 | UTC−3 until November 2, then UTC−2 | — |
| 1986–2018 | UTC−3 in winter, UTC−2 in summer | — |
| 2019 | UTC−2 until February 17, then UTC−3 | — |
| 2020 onward | UTC−3 all year | — |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Brazil time
Time difference between Brazil and major cities
| City | Local time now | Brazil vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:58 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:58 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h | +5 h | +4 h | 3 h / 4 h |
| London | 12:58 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −4 h | 5 h / 4 h |
| Berlin | 1:58 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h | −4 h | −5 h | 4 h / 3 h |
| Dubai | 4:58 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −7 h | 1 h / 1 h |
| New Delhi | 6:28 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h 30 min | −8 h 30 min | −8 h 30 min | none / none |
| Singapore | 8:58 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −11 h | −11 h | −11 h | none / none |
| Beijing | 8:58 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −11 h | −11 h | −11 h | none / none |
| Tokyo | 9:58 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −12 h | −12 h | −12 h | none / none |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Brazil’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Brasília overlaps New York’s for 6 h in January (11:00 AM–5:00 PM Brasília time), 7 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Brasília it is 7:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Brasília overlaps London’s for 5 h in January (9:00 AM–2:00 PM Brasília time), 4 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Brasília it is 12:00 PM in London.
Brasília and New Delhi share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Brasília, it is 5:30 PM in New Delhi. A call has to be early or late for one side: 11:30 PM the day before in Brasília is 8:00 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Brasília and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuiabá Brazil | 870 km | 8:58 AM UTC−4 | −1 h |
Same clock as Brazil
These places keep exactly the same time as Brazil all year under the current rules (zones America/Araguaina, America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, America/Argentina/Catamarca, America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Jujuy and 23 more).
Cities in Brazil
Brazil at a glance
- CapitalBrasília
- Population212,812,405
- Time zone IDAmerica/Sao_Paulo
- Standard timeUTC−3
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+55