Current time in Fortaleza, Brazil
Brasilia Standard Time
UTC−03:00- Time zone
- Brasilia Standard Time · America/Fortaleza
- UTC offset now
- UTC−03:00
- Abbreviation
- BRT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC−3 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Ceara, Brazil · 3.72° S, 38.54° W
- Population
- 2,400,000
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Fortaleza at about 11:34 standard time: the clock runs about 26 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:18 and 11:48 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:38 | 17:44 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:38 | 17:33 | 11h 54m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 05:23 | 17:30 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 05:22 | 17:42 | 12h 20m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:20–17:28 (12 h 8 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Cayenne, French Guiana · 1,810 km
- Paramaribo, Suriname · 2,130 km
- Asunción, Paraguay · 3,150 km
- San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina · 3,660 km
- Salta, Argentina · 3,710 km
- San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina · 3,830 km