Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -19.7441, -43.9582
- Region
- Minas Gerais
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 606 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
On this page the local time of Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil is updated live, in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Santa Cruz.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:13 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 12 h 56 min Night 11 h 04 min Civil twilight 4:49 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56215-000
- 58824-000
- 59200-000
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
- Montes Claros 437 601
- Betim 384 000
Other places named Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Esplanada — 21.0 km
- Nova Suiça — 21.1 km
- Barroca — 21.2 km
- Cidade Jardim — 21.4 km
- Ambrosina — 21.6 km
- Vila Novo São Lucas — 21.6 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
Deliveries to Santa Cruz are sorted by 3 postal codes.
Santa Cruz follows America/Sao_Paulo, giving it a UTC−3 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
The sun will rise at 5:13 AM and set at 6:09 PM in Santa Cruz today. Daylight amounts to 12 h 56 min.
Nearby Esplanada and Nova Suiça need no separate clock from Santa Cruz.
Questions and answers
- Does Santa Cruz use the America/Sao_Paulo time zone?
- Yes, Santa Cruz uses America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Santa Cruz?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Santa Cruz?
- Expect it at 5:13 AM.