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A world clock on a live 3D globe. Put Zurich and São Paulo on it side by side.
🇨🇭 Zurich (UTC+2) · 🇧🇷 São Paulo (UTC−3) · 5 hours difference — Zurich is ahead
Best Time to Meet
🇨🇭 14:00–17:00 in Zurich = 🇧🇷 09:00–12:00 in São Paulo3 hours of overlap within standard business hours (09:00–17:00)
24-Hour Schedule
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| 🇨🇭 Zurich | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 🇧🇷 São Paulo | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 |
Quick Reference
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Open Meeting Planner →Zurich and São Paulo share technology as core industries, which is where the traffic between them comes from. Zurich runs 5 hours ahead of São Paulo.
Both cities work Monday to Friday, Zurich typically 08:00–17:00 and São Paulo 09:00–18:00 local time. Watch for Swiss National Day (1 August) and Easter Monday (March or April) in Zurich and Carnival (Monday to Ash Wednesday, February or March) and Tiradentes Day (21 April) in São Paulo. Replies slow in Zurich during late July to mid-August, and Christmas to early January and in São Paulo during Carnival week and the turn of the year.
Book between 14:00–17:00 in Zurich (09:00–12:00 in São Paulo); 3 hours of overlap means neither side takes the call early or late. Only Zurich changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year while São Paulo stays put.
Zurich is 5 hours ahead of São Paulo. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
14:00–17:00 Zurich time, which is 09:00–12:00 in São Paulo — the 3-hour stretch when both are inside 09:00–17:00.
Only Zurich does. The gap shifts by an hour twice a year while São Paulo stays on the same offset.
The ones that most often surprise the other side are Swiss National Day (1 August) and Easter Monday (March or April) in Zurich and Carnival (Monday to Ash Wednesday, February or March) and Tiradentes Day (21 April) in São Paulo.
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