Formosa in numbers
- Coordinates
- -8.7051, -37.6688
- Region
- Pernambuco
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1362 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Formosa, Pernambuco, Brazil
On this page the local time of Formosa, Pernambuco, Brazil is updated live, in the America/Recife zone (−3).
Formosa, Brazil
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC−3 · America/Recife
Local time in Formosa
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Formosa keeps America/Recife time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 5:30 PM Daylight 11 h 59 min Night 12 h 01 min Civil twilight 5:09 AM – 5:51 PM
Weather in Formosa right now
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Formosa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 73800-000
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 Pernambuco
- Recife 1 653 461
- Jaboatao Dos Guararapes 644 037
- Petrolina 418 444
- Caruaru 402 290
- Olinda 364 717
- Paulista 342 167
Other places named Formosa
- Formosa Formosa, Argentina
- Formosa Goiás, Brazil
- Formosa São Tomé Island, Saint Thomas and Prince
- Formosa Bahia, Brazil
- Formosa Virginia, United States
Same time zone — America/Recife
- Recife Brazil
- Jaboatao Dos Guararapes Brazil
Nearby places
- Carnaíba — 0.6 km
- Agrovila-Oito — 3.3 km
- Umbuzeiro — 3.7 km
- Angico — 5.0 km
- Aldeia Funil — 8.2 km
- Agrovila do Projeto de Assentamento Vale do Moxotó — 9.2 km
Time and daylight in Formosa
Addresses in Formosa fall under 1 postal code.
Local time in Formosa comes from the America/Recife zone, UTC−3. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun climbs above Formosa at 5:30 AM and dips below at 5:30 PM. Between them sit 11 h 59 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Carnaíba and Agrovila-Oito keep the same hours as Formosa.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Formosa?
- Formosa is covered by the America/Recife time zone, with an offset of −3.
- Does Formosa have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Formosa: No.
- How early does the sun rise in Formosa?
- The first sunlight comes at 5:30 AM.