Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -17.4203, -41.8299
- Region
- Minas Gerais
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 671 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The reading below is the local time in Santa Cruz, Minas Gerais, Brazil, taken from the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Friday, 16 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 5:19 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 12 h 30 min Night 11 h 30 min Civil twilight 4:57 AM – 6:11 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
- Novo Cruzeiro — 7.2 km
- Sao Bentinho — 7.7 km
- Brejaúba — 13.1 km
- Brejaúba — 14.0 km
- Joaquim Ferreira — 14.7 km
- Jesuino Pereira — 16.4 km
Time and daylight in Santa Cruz
Sunrise at Santa Cruz today happens at 5:19 AM, sunset at 5:49 PM. The two are 12 h 30 min apart.
There is no time difference between Santa Cruz and nearby Novo Cruzeiro or Sao Bentinho.
Mail addressed to Santa Cruz uses 3 postal codes.
Santa Cruz tells time by America/Sao_Paulo, an offset of UTC−3. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Santa Cruz?
- Santa Cruz is assigned to the America/Sao_Paulo time zone, with an offset of −3.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Santa Cruz?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Santa Cruz?
- Yes, it is 5:49 PM.