What time is it in Gancho, Maranhão, Brazil
The reading below is the local time in Gancho, Maranhão, Brazil, taken from the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).
Gancho, Brazil
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in Gancho
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gancho.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:39 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 5:51 PM Daylight 12 h 12 min Night 11 h 48 min Civil twilight 5:18 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Gancho right now
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Gancho and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 65480-000 Arari — 10.3 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.
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 Gancho
Same time zone — America/Fortaleza
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Nearby places
- Bamburral — 2.6 km
- Boa Esperanca — 4.1 km
- Santa Inês — 6.7 km
- Arari — 7.2 km
- Manoel João — 7.8 km
- São José — 7.9 km
Gancho: clock, sun and surroundings
1 postal code is current for Gancho.
Hours in Gancho are kept by America/Fortaleza, standing at UTC−3. Daylight saving observed: No.
In Gancho, first light arrives at 5:39 AM and the sun goes down at 5:51 PM. The day holds 12 h 12 min of light.
The same local time applies in Gancho, Bamburral and Boa Esperanca.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Gancho?
- The time zone designation for Gancho is America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
- Do the clocks in Gancho go back at any point?
- No.
- What hour brings sunset in Gancho?
- The hour is 5:51 PM.