Fortaleza is located in Brazil and uses the America/Fortaleza timezone, currently GMT-3 from UTC. Fortaleza does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 05:07 and sunset at 17:54 local time. The coordinates of Fortaleza are 3.73°S, 38.53°W.

Today Fortaleza gets 12 hours 47 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:30, about 30 minutes before clock noon.

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

Best time to call Fortaleza from…

From	Gap	Call at (Fortaleza time)
🇧🇷 Salvador	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Recife	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte	same time	09:00–17:00
🇬🇧 London	+4h	09:00–13:00
🇺🇸 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 Fortaleza in?›

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

Does Fortaleza observe daylight saving time?›

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

What is the UTC offset for Fortaleza?›

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

Is Fortaleza ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Fortaleza is 4 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 Fortaleza in UTC?›

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

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

Today the sun rises in Fortaleza at 05:07 and sets at 17:54 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 14 September 2026.