| Time zone | Brasilia Time (BRT, UTC-3) |
| UTC offset (today) | UTC-03:00 |
| Daylight saving | Sao Paulo has no daylight saving time; it has stayed on UTC-3 all year since Brazil abolished DST in 2019. |
| Business hours | Offices commonly work 9:00 to 18:00, and bank branches typically open only 10:00 to 16:00 on weekdays. Most offices close on Saturday and Sunday, while shopping centres stay open seven days. |
| Country | Brazil |
Brazil stopped using summer time in 2019, so Sao Paulo now reads UTC-3 every day of the year. Any gap you notice changing is caused by the other side. New York is one hour behind Sao Paulo from March to November and two hours behind from November to March.
The same applies to Europe in reverse. London is three hours ahead of Sao Paulo in the northern winter and four hours ahead during BST. Brazilian travel and payroll systems built before 2019 sometimes still assume a clock change, so it is worth checking any older software.
India is 8h30 ahead of Sao Paulo all year. A Sao Paulo meeting at 8:00 lands at 16:30 in Delhi, which leaves a narrow but reliable overlap at the start of the Brazilian day.
Brazil itself spans four time zones. Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia match Sao Paulo, but Manaus is one hour behind and the state of Acre two hours behind. Fernando de Noronha, off the northeast coast, is one hour ahead. In Sao Paulo the sun sets around 17:30 in June and after 18:50 in January.
No. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so Sao Paulo stays on UTC-3.
Yes. Both use Brasilia Time, UTC-3, all year.
One hour while New York is on EDT, and two hours while New York is on EST.
· Written by Om Vaghani, ClockAura