Brasília time (UTC-3) is the official time for most of Brazil, but not for all of it. Brazil has four time zones: UTC-2, UTC-3, UTC-4 and UTC-5. Of the 5,571 municipalities in our database, 373 are on a different time: 337 on UTC-4 (one hour behind Brasília), 35 on UTC-5 (two hours behind) and 1 on UTC-2 (one hour ahead). The other 5,198 follow Brasília.
What time is it now in Manaus, Cuiabá, Rio Branco and Noronha?
The clocks above follow our server time, not the clock of your device, so they are right even if your computer or phone is off. Manaus and Cuiabá share UTC-4, which is why they always show the same hour. When it is 12:00 in Brasília, it is 11:00 in Manaus and Cuiabá, 10:00 in Rio Branco and 13:00 in Fernando de Noronha.
The 4 time zones of Brazil
| Zone | Difference from Brasília | Time now | Municipalities | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC-2 | 1 hour ahead of Brasília | 12:05:31 (Fernando de Noronha) | 1 | Pernambuco |
| UTC-3 | Same time as Brasília | 11:05:31 (Brasília) | 5,198 | The other 19 states, the Federal District and Pernambuco (except Noronha) |
| UTC-4 | 1 hour behind Brasília | 10:05:31 (Manaus) | 337 | Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima |
| UTC-5 | 2 hours behind Brasília | 09:05:31 (Rio Branco) | 35 | Acre and Amazonas |
States with cities outside Brasília time
Seven states have at least one municipality outside UTC-3. In Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima and Acre the whole state shares a single zone. Amazonas is split between UTC-4 and UTC-5, and Pernambuco is on UTC-3 except for the island of Fernando de Noronha. The counts below come from the municipality list used across this site.
| State | UTC-5 | UTC-4 | UTC-3 | UTC-2 | Total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre (AC) | 22 | – | – | – | 22 | Whole state on UTC-5 |
| Amazonas (AM) | 13 | 49 | – | – | 62 | Split across 2 zones |
| Mato Grosso (MT) | – | 142 | – | – | 142 | Whole state on UTC-4 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) | – | 79 | – | – | 79 | Whole state on UTC-4 |
| Pernambuco (PE) | – | – | 184 | 1 | 185 | Only Fernando de Noronha differs |
| Rondônia (RO) | – | 52 | – | – | 52 | Whole state on UTC-4 |
| Roraima (RR) | – | 15 | – | – | 15 | Whole state on UTC-4 |
The remaining 19 states and the Federal District are entirely on UTC-3. Note that the time page of a state shows the time of its capital: for Amazonas that is Manaus (UTC-4), even though 13 of its municipalities are on UTC-5, and for Pernambuco it is Recife (UTC-3), not Noronha (UTC-2).
State capitals that do not follow Brasília
| Capital | Zone | Difference | Time now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manaus (AM) | UTC-4 | -1h | 10:05:31 |
| Campo Grande (MS) | UTC-4 | -1h | 10:05:31 |
| Cuiabá (MT) | UTC-4 | -1h | 10:05:31 |
| Porto Velho (RO) | UTC-4 | -1h | 10:05:31 |
| Boa Vista (RR) | UTC-4 | -1h | 10:05:31 |
| Rio Branco (AC) | UTC-5 | -2h | 09:05:31 |
Conversion table from Brasília time
| Brasília (UTC-3) | UTC-2 | UTC-4 | UTC-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | 09:00 | 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 | 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 | 20:00 | 19:00 |
| 23:00 | 00:00 (next day) | 22:00 | 21:00 |
For any other time or date, use the time zone converter or the meeting planner.
Business hours shared with Brasília
| Zone | Shared (Brasília time) | Shared (local time) | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC-4 (-1h) | 10:00 – 18:00 | 09:00 – 17:00 | 8 |
| UTC-5 (-2h) | 11:00 – 18:00 | 09:00 – 16:00 | 7 |
| UTC-2 (+1h) | 09:00 – 17:00 | 10:00 – 18:00 | 8 |
With UTC-4 the overlap is a full eight hours, and with UTC-5 you lose an extra hour, which is why late morning and early afternoon in Brasília are the best slots for Rio Branco. Fernando de Noronha is the opposite case: it is one hour ahead, so its workday starts earlier than Brasília's.
No daylight saving time
Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so all four offsets are fixed: UTC-2, UTC-3, UTC-4 and UTC-5 all year, with no clock changes in any state. The difference between Brasília and the western states is therefore always the same. Read the full story on our daylight saving time page, or see all Brazilian time zones.
The rest of the country: 5,198 municipalities on UTC-3
5,198 municipalities (93.3% of our database) use Brasília time: the whole Southeast, South and Northeast, Goiás, Tocantins, Pará, Amapá and the Federal District. For those places the time now is simply the Brasília time shown at the top of this page. To check one of them, open the list of states.