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What time is it in Fortaleza, Maranhão, Brazil

The current local time in Fortaleza, Maranhão, Brazil is displayed here for the America/Fortaleza time zone (−3).

Fortaleza, Brazil

6:58:55 PM

Thursday, 29 October 2026

UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza

Local time in Fortaleza

UTC−3 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Fortaleza, Maranhão.

The sun today

Sunrise 5:40 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 5:52 PM Daylight 12 h 12 min Night 11 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:18 AM – 6:13 PM

Weather in Fortaleza right now

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Fortaleza and its neighbours

Fortaleza at -2.6379, -45.2042 with the nearest towns within 16.6 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

60000-000

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.

Fortaleza in numbers

Coordinates: -2.6379, -45.2042
Region: Maranhão
Country: Brazil, South America
Capital: Brasília — 1492 km away
Same name: 92 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

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Same time zone — America/Fortaleza

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Nearby places

Projeto de Assentamento Porão dos Pirros — 5.8 km
Acaua — 7.9 km
Galiza — 9.5 km
Pinheiro — 11.4 km
Pacas — 11.5 km
Bacabal — 12.8 km

About the time in Fortaleza

Fortaleza accounts for 1 postal code.

The local zone in Fortaleza is America/Fortaleza, standing at UTC−3. Whether daylight saving applies: No.

The sun shows itself over Fortaleza at 5:40 AM and sets at 5:52 PM today. That is 12 h 12 min of light.

Time in Fortaleza applies without change in Projeto de Assentamento Porão dos Pirros and Acaua nearby.

Questions and answers

Which time zone value belongs to Fortaleza?: The time zone value for Fortaleza is America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Fortaleza?: Daylight saving time in Fortaleza: No.
What is the sunset time for Fortaleza?: 5:52 PM.