What time is it in São José, Ceará, Brazil
This page shows local time in São José, Ceará, Brazil as of this moment, in the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).
São José, Brazil
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in São José
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in São José, Ceará.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:11 AM Solar noon 11:18 AM Sunset 5:24 PM Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 4:50 AM – 5:45 PM
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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
- São José do Lagamar — 0.2 km
- Antonopolis — 1.6 km
- Saquinho — 4.1 km
- Giqui — 4.4 km
- Giqui De Baixo — 5.1 km
- Jaguaruana — 6.1 km
São José: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring São José do Lagamar and Antonopolis sit in the same time as São José.
Coverage of São José by postal code amounts to 1 entries.
The zone in force in São José is America/Fortaleza, with an offset of UTC−3. Seasonal change: No.
In São José, first light arrives at 5:11 AM and the sun goes down at 5:24 PM. The day holds 12 h 13 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in São José?
- Use America/Fortaleza to show the time in São José; its offset is −3.
- Is the time in São José adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in São José — what times?
- 5:11 AM and 5:24 PM.