Current Time in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Time and Sun Facts for Sao Paulo
- Local time
- 5:41 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo- UTC offset
- UTC-3
- Daylight saving
- Not observed here — the offset is the same all year
- Sunrise
- 5:25 am
- Sunset
- 6:15 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 49 minutes
- Coordinates
- -23.55, -46.63
How Sao Paulo Keeps Time
Sao Paulo keeps Sao Paulo time, UTC-3. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Sao Paulo; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Sao Paulo runs on the America/Sao_Paulo 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 Sao Paulo at 5:25 am today and sets at 6:15 pm — 12 hours 49 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 11:50 am. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (-23.55, -46.63), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Sao Paulo has about 10 hours 41 minutes of daylight in June and 13 hours 35 minutes in December. The difference is about 2 hours 54 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
Sao Paulo 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.
Sao Paulo at a Glance
| Coordinates | -23.5500, -46.6300 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Sao_Paulo |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-3 |
| Daylight saving | Not currently observed |
| Sunrise today | 5:25 am |
| Sunset today | 6:15 pm |
| Solar noon | 11:50 am |
| Daylight today | 12 hours 49 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Brasilia | 873 km |
| Current clock difference vs Brasilia | Same civil time |
How Sao Paulo Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Sao Paulo. 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 Sao Paulo |
|---|---|---|
| London | 9:41 pm | 4 hours ahead |
| New York | 4:41 pm | 1 hour behind |
| Los Angeles | 1:41 pm | 4 hours behind |
| Dubai | 12:41 am | 7 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 1:41 am | 8 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 4:41 am | 11 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 5:41 am | 12 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 7:41 am | 14 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Sao Paulo
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Curitiba | 339 km | 5:41 pm |
| Rio de Janeiro | 361 km | 5:41 pm |
| Belo Horizonte | 490 km | 5:41 pm |
| Porto Alegre | 853 km | 5:41 pm |
| Brasilia | 873 km | 5:41 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 | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Brasilia | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Curitiba | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Fortaleza | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Manaus | 4:41 pm | UTC-4 |
| Porto Alegre | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Recife | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
| Salvador | 5:41 pm | UTC-3 |
Questions People Ask
Is Sao Paulo 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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