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What time is it in Alcantara, Maranhão, Brazil

The time now in Alcantara, Maranhão, Brazil is shown here, following the America/Fortaleza time zone (−3).

Alcantara, Brazil

05:10:52

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza

Local time in Alcantara

UTC−3 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Alcantara, Maranhão.

The sun today

Sunrise 05:56 Solar noon 11:58 Sunset 18:00 Daylight 12 h 04 min Night 11 h 56 min Civil twilight 05:35 – 18:21

Weather in Alcantara right now

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Alcantara and its neighbours

Alcantara at -2.4041, -44.4167 with the nearest towns within 19.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

65250-000 Alcântara

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.

Alcantara in numbers

Coordinates: -2.4041, -44.4167
Population: 18 467
Region: Maranhão
Country: Brazil, South America
Capital: Brasília — 1537 km away
Same name: 8 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Maranhão

Sao Luis 917 237
Imperatriz 273 110
Sao Jose De Ribamar 259 164
Timon 174 465
Caxias 163 546
Paco Do Lumiar 155 307

Other places named Alcantara

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Alcantara Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Same time zone — America/Fortaleza

Fortaleza Brazil
Natal Brazil
Teresina Brazil
Joao Pessoa Brazil

Nearby places

Cajueiro — 5.7 km
Pepital — 6.3 km
Pirapema — 8.1 km
Agrovila Pepital — 8.7 km
Manival — 8.9 km
Agrovila Marundá — 10.6 km

Time and daylight in Alcantara

Travelling from Alcantara to São Francisco or Vila Mauro Fecury I does not change the hour.

Postal areas within Alcantara come to 1.

Alcantara uses the America/Fortaleza time zone with a UTC−3 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.

Alcantara greets the sun at 05:56 and loses it at 18:00 today. Daylight runs to 12 h 04 min.

Questions and answers

Should America/Fortaleza be used as the time zone for Alcantara?: Yes, Alcantara uses America/Fortaleza, whose offset is −3.
Does the local time in Alcantara include a summer time period?: No.
What hour brings sunset in Alcantara?: The hour is 18:00.