Montes Claros in numbers
- Coordinates
- -16.7350, -43.8617
- Population
- 437 601
- Region
- Minas Gerais
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 443 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
You can see the current local time of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil on this page, in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Montes Claros, Brazil
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Montes Claros
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Montes Claros.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:18 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 6:02 PM Daylight 12 h 44 min Night 11 h 16 min Civil twilight 4:56 AM – 6:24 PM
Weather in Montes Claros right now
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Montes Claros and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 39400-000
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.
Largest cities in Minas Gerais
- Belo Horizonte 2 721 564
- Uberlandia 754 954
- Contagem 627 123
- Juiz De Fora 540 756
- Betim 384 000
- Uberaba 356 781
Other places named Montes Claros
- Montes Claros Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Montes Claros Paraíba, Brazil
- Montes Claros Piauí, Brazil
- Montes Claros Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Montes Claros Goiás, Brazil
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Morrinhos — 0.1 km
- Bairro Cidade Conferência Cristo Rei — 2.4 km
- Vila Mauricéia — 3.1 km
- Bairro Chiquinho Guimarães — 3.1 km
- Vila Tupã — 3.2 km
- Vila Telma — 3.6 km
Montes Claros: clock, sun and surroundings
The clock reading for Montes Claros covers nearby Morrinhos and Bairro Cidade Conferência Cristo Rei as well.
Montes Claros is mapped by 1 postal code.
Time zone for Montes Claros: America/Sao_Paulo, running at UTC−3. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
In Montes Claros, first light arrives at 5:18 AM and the sun goes down at 6:02 PM. The day holds 12 h 44 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Montes Claros?
- Select America/Sao_Paulo for Montes Claros; the offset is −3.
- Does Montes Claros stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Montes Claros: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Montes Claros?
- Sunrise is at 5:18 AM and sunset at 6:02 PM.