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What time is it in Formosa, Maranhão, Brazil

The exact time in Formosa, Maranhão, Brazil is given here, for the America/Fortaleza time zone (−3).

Formosa, Brazil

Monday, 7 September 2026

UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza

Local time in Formosa

UTC−3 · no daylight saving time

What the clock shows right now in Formosa.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:04 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 12 h 01 min Night 11 h 59 min Civil twilight 5:43 AM – 6:26 PM

Weather in Formosa right now

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Formosa and its neighbours

Santo Antônio Aroeira Canto Feio Brejão Iraja Boa Lembrança Formosa
Formosa at -6.4355, -46.1883 with the nearest towns within 42.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Formosa in numbers

Coordinates
-6.4355, -46.1883
Region
Maranhão
Country
Brazil, South America
Capital
Brasília — 1057 km away
Same name
40 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Maranhão

Other places named Formosa

Same time zone — America/Fortaleza

Nearby places

About the time in Formosa

The postal system lists 1 codes for Formosa.

Local clocks in Formosa follow the America/Fortaleza zone, UTC−3. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.

Today's times for Formosa: the sun is up at 6:04 AM and down at 6:05 PM. That means 12 h 01 min of daylight.

Formosa, Formosa Da Serra Negra and Formosa da Serra Negra all run on one and the same time.

Questions and answers
Which local time zone does Formosa follow?
Formosa follows America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Formosa?
No.
What are sunrise and sunset in Formosa today?
Sunrise 6:04 AM, sunset 6:05 PM.

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