Cruzeiro in numbers
- Coordinates
- -21.4333, -41.9000
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 890 km away
- Same name
- 45 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The clock for Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is kept here in the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (−3).
Cruzeiro, Brazil
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Cruzeiro
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Cruzeiro.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:04 AM Solar noon 11:32 AM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 12 h 56 min Night 11 h 04 min Civil twilight 4:41 AM – 6:24 PM
Weather in Cruzeiro right now
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Cruzeiro and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12700-000
- 70640-000
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 Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro 6 747 815
- Duque De Caxias 866 347
- Nova Iguacu 843 046
- Belford Roxo 518 384
- Niteroi 515 317
- Campos Dos Goytacazes 483 540
Other places named Cruzeiro
- Cruzeiro São Paulo, Brazil
- Cruzeiro Federal District, Brazil
- Cruzeiro Acre, Brazil
- Cruzeiro Amazonas, Brazil
- Cruzeiro Ceará, Brazil
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Calvário — 9.1 km
- Natal — 10.3 km
- Taquaral — 10.6 km
- Retiro — 11.2 km
- Quebra Canga — 11.2 km
- Cachoeira — 11.3 km
Time and daylight in Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro adheres to America/Sao_Paulo, a UTC−3 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
The sun climbs above Cruzeiro at 5:04 AM and dips below at 6:00 PM. Between them sit 12 h 56 min of daylight.
The local time of Cruzeiro is shared by neighbouring Calvário and Natal.
Sorting mail for Cruzeiro involves 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Is Cruzeiro in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Cruzeiro is in the America/Sao_Paulo time zone, with an offset of −3.
- Does Cruzeiro adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Cruzeiro?
- Daylight begins at 5:04 AM.