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What time is it in Cancela, Maranhão, Brazil

This page shows the time of day in Cancela, Maranhão, Brazil as it stands now, in the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).

Cancela, Brazil

9:42:32 PM

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza

Local time in Cancela

UTC−3 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Cancela.

The sun today

Sunrise 5:38 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:51 PM Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 5:17 AM – 6:12 PM

Weather in Cancela right now

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Cancela and its neighbours

Cancela at -4.4000, -44.6833 with the nearest towns within 10.6 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

65708-000 São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão — 4.3 km away

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.

Cancela in numbers

Coordinates: -4.4000, -44.6833
Region: Maranhão
Country: Brazil, South America
Capital: Brasília — 1314 km away
Same name: 9 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 Cancela

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Cancela Maranhão, Brazil
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Cancela Azores, Portugal
Cancela Castille and León, Spain

Same time zone — America/Fortaleza

Fortaleza Brazil
Natal Brazil
Teresina Brazil
Joao Pessoa Brazil

Nearby places

Jatoba — 4.1 km
Campelo — 4.1 km
Sao Luis Gonzaga Do Maranhao — 4.3 km
Engenho — 7.6 km
Projeto de Assentamento Natal — 7.7 km
Santa Cruz — 8.2 km

About the time in Cancela

The register holds 1 postal code for Cancela.

Time zone for Cancela: America/Fortaleza, running at UTC−3. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.

Expect sunrise at 5:38 AM and sunset at 5:51 PM in Cancela today. Daylight adds up to 12 h 13 min.

Both Campelo and Jatoba are near Cancela and keep its time.

Questions and answers

Can Cancela's time zone be given as America/Fortaleza?: Yes, Cancela's time zone is America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
Is the time in Cancela adjusted seasonally?: No.
When do sunrise and sunset happen in Cancela?: Sunrise is at 5:38 AM and sunset at 5:51 PM.