Current Time in Fortaleza, Brazil
Time and Sun Facts for Fortaleza
- Local time
- 2:05 pm
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Fortaleza- UTC offset
- UTC-3
- Daylight saving
- Not observed here — the offset is the same all year
- Sunrise
- 5:11 am
- Sunset
- 5:24 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- -3.73, -38.52
How Fortaleza Keeps Time
Fortaleza keeps Fortaleza time, UTC-3. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Fortaleza; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Fortaleza runs on the America/Fortaleza zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-3 right now. There is no daylight saving here, so that offset holds all year and the difference to other places only changes when they move their own clocks.
The sun rises in Fortaleza at 5:11 am today and sets at 5:24 pm — 12 hours 13 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 11:18 am. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (-3.73, -38.52), so they shift a little every day of the year.
Fortaleza has little seasonal change in day length: the June and December solstice daylight totals differ by about 26 minutes.
Fortaleza time is one of several zones in Brazil, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.
Fortaleza at a Glance
| Coordinates | -3.7300, -38.5200 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Fortaleza |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-3 |
| Daylight saving | Not currently observed |
| Sunrise today | 5:11 am |
| Sunset today | 5:24 pm |
| Solar noon | 11:18 am |
| Daylight today | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Brasilia | 1,687 km |
| Current clock difference vs Brasilia | Same civil time |
How Fortaleza Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Fortaleza. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Fortaleza |
|---|---|---|
| London | 5:05 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| New York | 1:05 pm | 1 hour behind |
| Los Angeles | 10:05 am | 4 hours behind |
| Dubai | 9:05 pm | 7 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 10:05 pm | 8 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 1:05 am | 11 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 2:05 am | 12 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 4:05 am | 14 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Fortaleza
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Recife | 627 km | 2:05 pm |
| Salvador | 1,027 km | 2:05 pm |
| Brasilia | 1,687 km | 2:05 pm |
| Belo Horizonte | 1,894 km | 2:05 pm |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,191 km | 2:05 pm |
Other Cities in Brazil
Brazil keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Belo Horizonte | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Brasilia | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Curitiba | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Manaus | 1:05 pm | UTC-4 |
| Porto Alegre | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Recife | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Salvador | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
| Sao Paulo | 2:05 pm | UTC-3 |
Questions People Ask
Is Fortaleza the time everywhere in Brazil?
No. Brazil currently has 4 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.
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