It is 00:38 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Sao Tome, São Tomé & Príncipe. The city runs on UTC+0 (GMT), which puts it 3 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Sao Tome
Sao Tome follows the Africa/Sao_Tome time zone, abbreviated GMT. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+0.
Sao Tome does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+0 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 3 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Sao Tome.
Time difference between Brasília and Sao Tome
To convert, take Brasília time and add 3 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Sao Tome is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Sao Tome is 09:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 21:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Sao Tome is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 21:00 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Sao Tome (UTC+0) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 00:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Sao Tome from Brazil
Taking a 9:00 to 18:00 working day on both sides, the shared window runs from 09:00 to 15:00 in Brasília, which is 12:00 to 18:00 in Sao Tome. That leaves 6 hours of overlap: enough for most meetings, but book early.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Sao Tome today
Today the Sun rises in Sao Tome at 05:18 and sets at 17:25 local time, a daylight span of 12h 6min, with solar noon at 11:22. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Sao Tome?
Sao Tome is at 0.33° N, 6.73° E (country: São Tomé & Príncipe). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.