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What time is it in São Paulo?

14:35:48

Friday 13 November 2026

São Paulo, Brazil
Time zone UTC−03:00
No daylight saving time
Sunrise 05:14 · sunset 18:27

Time difference with São Paulo

São Paulo is on UTC−03:00 right now: 3 hours behind UTC all year round.

City	Time	Compared with São Paulo
London United Kingdom	17:35	3 hours ahead
New York United States	12:35	2 hours behind
Los Angeles United States	09:35	5 hours behind
Paris France	18:35	4 hours ahead
Berlin Germany	18:35	4 hours ahead
Dubai United Arab Emirates	21:35	7 hours ahead
New Delhi India	23:05	8 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore	01:35	11 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong	01:35	11 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan	02:35	12 hours ahead
Sydney Australia	04:35	14 hours ahead

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Paris – São Paulo time difference

Daylight saving time in São Paulo

São Paulo does not change its clocks: UTC−03:00 all year round.

History of local time in São Paulo

Period	Legal time
since 17 February 2019	UTC−3 all year round
1985 – 2018	UTC−3, summer time UTC−2
1969 – 1984	UTC−3 all year round
1963 – 1968	UTC−3, summer time UTC−2
1953 – 1962	UTC−3 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): America/Sao_Paulo. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from São Paulo

6 February 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 78 % of the Sun covered at 13:21
26 January 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 14 % of the Sun covered at 11:31
12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 01:13
26 June 2029 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 00:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 600 km away, Aparecida do Taboado is 1 hour behind São Paulo all year round.

Place	Distance
Vila Galvão	10 km
São Caetano do Sul	12 km
Guarulhos	14 km
Diadema	15 km
Osasco	16 km
Santo André	16 km
São Bernardo do Campo	18 km
Taboão da Serra	18 km

Day and night around the world

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Sun and Moon in São Paulo

Sunrise: 05:14
Sunset: 18:27
Day length: 13 h 13 min
Tomorrow: +1 min

Dawn 04:50, dusk 18:51, solar noon 11:50. Shortest day: 21 June 2026 (10 h 41 min); longest: 21 December 2026 (13 h 35 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:11 (21 November 2026), latest at 06:49 (29 June 2027); earliest sunset at 17:27 (30 May 2027), latest at 18:58 (7 January 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 19 % illuminated
Moonrise 08:18 · moonset 22:26 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 08:47 · moon calendar

Other cities in Brazil

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Good to know about the time in São Paulo

São Paulo has the same time as Rio de Janeiro and Brasília: UTC−3 all year round, with no daylight saving time since 2019. It is 4 hours behind Paris in January and 5 hours behind in July. Paris – São Paulo time difference

When the São Paulo stock exchange opens, early in the morning, the afternoon is already well under way in Europe: trading between the two continents is concentrated at the end of the European day.