Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -21.0500, -45.1333
- Region
- Minas Gerais
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 653 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
What follows is the current local time in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:19 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 12 h 53 min Night 11 h 07 min Civil twilight 4:56 AM – 6:35 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
- Lagoa — 5.2 km
- Serradinho — 5.4 km
- Machado de Perdões — 5.8 km
- Cana Verde — 6.0 km
- Perdoes — 6.3 km
- Terras — 7.2 km
Local time details for Santa Cruz
3 distinct postal codes apply to Santa Cruz.
The time zone assigned to Santa Cruz is America/Sao_Paulo, held at UTC−3. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Morning light reaches Santa Cruz at 5:19 AM, and the sun sets at 6:12 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 12 h 53 min.
Lagoa and Serradinho lie near Santa Cruz and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Santa Cruz?
- America/Sao_Paulo corresponds to Santa Cruz and has an offset of −3.
- Does Santa Cruz go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Santa Cruz: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Santa Cruz?
- It sets at 6:12 PM.