Brazil has 4 time zones in the IANA time zone database: right now the clocks range from UTC−5 (Eirunepé) to UTC−2 (Fernando de Noronha), a spread of 3 hours. Compared with Brasília, the difference goes from −2 h to +1 h. None of the zones uses daylight saving time.
Current time in each time zone of Brazil
| Zone (reference city) | Time now | UTC | Difference to Brasília | Daylight saving time | Same time as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eirunepé America/Eirunepe |
09:59:46 | UTC−5 | 2 hours behind Brasília −2 h |
No daylight saving time Next change: no changes scheduled |
Rio Branco |
| Boa Vista America/Boa_Vista |
10:59:46 | UTC−4 | 1 hour behind Brasília −1 h |
No daylight saving time Next change: no changes scheduled |
Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Manaus, Porto Velho |
| São Paulo America/Sao_Paulo |
11:59:46 | UTC−3 | Same time as Brasília 0 h |
No daylight saving time Next change: no changes scheduled |
Araguaína, Salvador, Belém, Fortaleza, Maceió, Recife, Santarém |
| Fernando de Noronha America/Noronha |
12:59:46 | UTC−2 | 1 hour ahead of Brasília +1 h |
No daylight saving time Next change: no changes scheduled |
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Zones are grouped by the UTC offset they have in January and in July of this year; the cities in the last column use exactly the same time as the reference city. The time follows the server clock and updates by itself.
How the time zones of Brazil are laid out
Brazil has four time zones: UTC-2 (Fernando de Noronha and the oceanic islands), UTC-3 (Brasília time, used by most of the country), UTC-4 (most of Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia and Roraima) and UTC-5 (Acre and southwestern Amazonas). Brazil has had no daylight saving time since 2019.
See the details in Brazil time zones, daylight saving time and time in each Brazilian state.
What the numbers say about Brazil
- IANA identifiers for the country: 16, which boil down to 4 distinct clock rules.
- Different times today: 4 (UTC−5, UTC−4, UTC−3, UTC−2).
- Compared with Brasília: 1 ahead, 1 at the same time and 2 behind.
- No zone changes its clocks during the year, so the difference to Brasília stays stable.
When it is 12:00 in Brasília: time in each zone of Brazil
A table for planning meetings, using today's rules. If the meeting date falls after a daylight saving change, check it in the meeting planner.
| Zone | Brasília 09:00 | Brasília 12:00 | Brasília 18:00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eirunepé (UTC−5) | 07:00 | 10:00 | 16:00 |
| Boa Vista (UTC−4) | 08:00 | 11:00 | 17:00 |
| São Paulo (UTC−3) | 09:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 |
| Fernando de Noronha (UTC−2) | 10:00 | 13:00 | 19:00 |