Time in Brazil 🇧🇷
The current local time in Brazil is anchored on Brasília (America/Sao_Paulo, UTC -03:00 · GMT-3).
Brasília local time
Sunday, 11 October 2026 GMT-3
Brazil at a glance
- Capital
- Brasília
- ISO codes
- BR · BRA
- Clocks in use today
- 2 time zones
- tz database zones
- 16
- Dialing code
- +55
- Currency
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Right
Time zones in Brazil
Brazil spans 2 different clock times across the zones listed below. The IANA tz database lists 16 zone identifiers for Brazil; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
America/Sao_Paulo · São Paulo | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
America/Bahia · Salvador | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
America/Fortaleza · Fortaleza | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
America/Belem | UTC -03:00 | — | None |
America/Manaus · Manaus | UTC -04:00 | — | None |
Brasília vs. major cities
How far Brasília is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Brasília, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Brasília | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −4 h | 05:00 | 13:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | +4 h | 13:00 | 09:00–13:00 |
| Paris · France | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | +5 h | 14:00 | 09:00–12:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
| Delhi · India | +8:30 h | 17:30 | None |
| Singapore · Singapore | +11 h | 20:00 | None |
| Beijing · China | +11 h | 20:00 | None |
| Tokyo · Japan | +12 h | 21:00 | None |
Shared office hours are shown in Brasília time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Brasília
Since 1970, Brasília has gone through 4 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 33 of 57 years. Since 2019 it has stayed on UTC -03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Brasília stays on UTC -03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970 (4 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1984 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1985 | UTC -02:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1986–2018 | UTC -03:00, DST UTC -02:00 | Daylight saving dates varied from year to year |
| 2019–2026 | UTC -03:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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