What time is it in São José, Ceará, Brazil
This page carries the current local time for São José, Ceará, Brazil, in the America/Fortaleza time zone (−3).
São José, Brazil
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in São José
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in São José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:19 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:31 PM Daylight 12 h 12 min Night 11 h 48 min Civil twilight 4:58 AM – 5:52 PM
Weather in São José right now
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São José and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 88100-000
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Ceará
- Fortaleza 2 400 000
- Caucaia 378 406
- Juazeiro Do Norte 305 531
- Maracanau 251 613
- Sobral 216 519
- Crato 139 027
Other places named São José
- São José Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Sao Jose Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Sao Jose São Tomé Island, Saint Thomas and Prince
- São José Bíe, Angola
- São José São Tomé Island, Saint Thomas and Prince
Same time zone — America/Fortaleza
- Fortaleza Brazil
- Natal Brazil
- Teresina Brazil
- Joao Pessoa Brazil
Nearby places
- Fazenda Caraúba — 3.7 km
- Açudinho — 4.3 km
- Sítio Alegre — 4.5 km
- Assentamento Nova Conquista — 6.1 km
- Arengas — 6.3 km
- Fazenda Tejuba — 7.1 km
Local time details for São José
The clock standard in São José is America/Fortaleza, offset by UTC−3. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Today in São José, daylight opens at 5:19 AM and closes at 5:31 PM. That span measures 12 h 12 min.
The clock does not change between São José, Fazenda Caraúba and Açudinho.
1 codes make up the postal map of São José.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in São José?
- Local time in São José is determined by America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
- What time zone rules apply in São José — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in São José: No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in São José — what times?
- 5:19 AM and 5:31 PM.