Sao Paulo — America/Sao_Paulo
The current local time in the America/Sao_Paulo IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in Brazil. The zone is currently at UTC -03:00 · GMT-3 and does not observe daylight saving time.
America/Sao_Paulo
Thursday, 22 October 2026 GMT-3
Zone information
Countries using America/Sao_Paulo
Sao Paulo vs. major cities
How far Sao Paulo is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Sao Paulo, 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 Sao Paulo | 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 Sao Paulo 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 Sao Paulo
Since 1970, Sao Paulo 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: Sao Paulo stays on UTC -03:00 all year.
Time zone history since 1970
| 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.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Sao Paulo
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as America/Sao_Paulo on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
America/Araguaina Argentina/La Rioja America/Argentina/La_Rioja Argentina/Rio Gallegos America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos Argentina/Salta America/Argentina/Salta Argentina/San Juan America/Argentina/San_Juan Argentina/San Luis America/Argentina/San_Luis Argentina/Tucuman America/Argentina/Tucuman Argentina/Ushuaia America/Argentina/Ushuaia Asuncion America/Asuncion Bahia America/Bahia Belem America/Belem Buenos Aires America/Buenos_Aires Catamarca America/Catamarca Cayenne America/Cayenne Cordoba America/Cordoba Coyhaique America/Coyhaique Fortaleza America/Fortaleza Jujuy America/Jujuy More references for America/Sao_Paulo
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