Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -20.8667, -46.9333
- Region
- Minas Gerais
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 573 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
This is a live clock for Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil, showing local time in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Santa Cruz keeps America/Sao_Paulo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:36 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 12 h 36 min Night 11 h 24 min Civil twilight 5:14 AM – 6:34 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
- Jose Eusebio — 7.6 km
- Retirinho — 7.6 km
- Sao Sebastiao Do Paraiso — 8.2 km
- Serra — 10.6 km
- Campo Alegre — 11.6 km
- Antinha — 12.1 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
3 codes are used to address mail in Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz carries the America/Sao_Paulo zone, offset UTC−3. Whether daylight saving time is applied: No.
The sun rises over Santa Cruz today at 5:36 AM and slips away at 6:12 PM. That leaves 12 h 36 min of daylight.
Jose Eusebio and Retirinho are close to Santa Cruz and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Santa Cruz?
- The correct time zone for Santa Cruz is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does Santa Cruz observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Santa Cruz: No.
- When does daylight begin in Santa Cruz?
- Daylight begins at 5:36 AM.