Brasília is located in Brazil and uses the America/Sao_Paulo timezone, currently GMT-3 from UTC. Brasília does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:17 and sunset at 18:36 local time. The coordinates of Brasília are 15.80°S, 47.89°W.

Today Brasília gets 13 hours 19 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:56, almost exactly when the clock says midday.

Right now Brasília shares its GMT-3 offset with Halifax, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Montevideo. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Best time to call Brasília from…

From	Gap	Call at (Brasília time)
🇧🇷 São Paulo	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Curitiba	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte	same time	09:00–17:00
🇬🇧 London	+3h	09:00–14:00
🇺🇸 New York	−1h	10:00–17:00
🇸🇬 Singapore	+11h	07:00–09:00 (early or late for one side)
🇦🇪 Dubai	+7h	09:00–10:00

Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Brasília in?›

Brasília is in the America/Sao_Paulo timezone, currently GMT-3.

Does Brasília observe daylight saving time?›

No. Brasília does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT-3.

What is the UTC offset for Brasília?›

Brasília is currently GMT-3 from UTC (GMT-3).

Is Brasília ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Brasília is 3 hours behind London and 1 hour ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.

What is 09:00 in Brasília in UTC?›

09:00 in Brasília is 12:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT-3 from UTC.

When does the sun rise and set in Brasília today?›

Today the sun rises in Brasília at 05:17 and sets at 18:36 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.

Times on this page were calculated on 25 October 2026.