Time in Fortaleza, Brazil 🇧🇷
The current local time in Fortaleza, Brazil is shown below — the city is in the America/Fortaleza time zone (UTC -03:00 · GMT-3).
Fortaleza local time
13:47:31
Tuesday, 6 October 2026 GMT-3
Location & Time Zone
Coordinates
3.73° S, 38.53° W
Population: 2,428,708
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Time difference
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Daylight saving time
Fortaleza does not observe daylight saving time — clocks stay on UTC -03:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
Sun today
Sunrise 05:18 · Sunset 17:28
Day length 12h 9m · twilight and monthly table →
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