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Time in Brazil now

05:19:53AM

Friday, 27 February, 2026, week 9

International Polar Bear Day / Anosmia Awareness Day

Brazil has 4 time zones. The time zone for the capital Brasília is used here.
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Time zone info for Brazil

UTC -3

Brasilia Time (BRT)
now 2 hours ahead of New York

The time in Brazil is 2 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 1 hour ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Brazil has not had daylight saving time since 2013.
Latest time zone news: No DST in Brazil in 2019
The IANA time zone identifier for Brazil is America/Sao_Paulo.

Time difference
from Brazil

Los Angeles	−5 hours	−5 hours
Chicago	−3 hours	−3 hours
New York	−2 hours	−2 hours
Toronto	−2 hours	−2 hours
São Paulo	0
London	+3 hours
UTC	+3 hours
Lagos	+4 hours
Paris	+4 hours
Zurich	+4 hours
Cairo	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+5 hours
Istanbul	+6 hours
Moscow	+6 hours
Dubai	+7 hours
Mumbai	+8.5 hours
Hong Kong	+11 hours
Shanghai	+11 hours
Singapore	+11 hours
Tokyo	+12 hours
Sydney	+14 hours

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Brazil on the map

Continent: South America
Area: 8,511,965 km²
Capital: Brasília
Currency: Real (BRL)
Calling code: +55
Internet top level domain: .br
Latitude: -10.00. Longitude: -55.00
Population: 209,469,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Brazil 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.