Recife is located in Brazil and uses the America/Recife timezone, currently GMT-3 from UTC. Recife does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 04:54 and sunset at 17:38 local time. The coordinates of Recife are 8.05°S, 34.88°W.

Today Recife gets 12 hours 44 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:16, about 44 minutes before clock noon.

Right now Recife 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 Recife from…

From	Gap	Call at (Recife time)
🇧🇷 Salvador	same time	09:00–17:00
🇧🇷 Fortaleza	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 Recife in?›

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

Does Recife observe daylight saving time?›

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

What is the UTC offset for Recife?›

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

Is Recife ahead of London and New York?›

Right now Recife 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 Recife in UTC?›

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

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

Today the sun rises in Recife at 04:54 and sets at 17:38 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.