Cruzeiro in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.3206, -42.9714
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 891 km away
- Same name
- 45 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Local time in Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is shown on this page, based on 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
Cruzeiro keeps America/Sao_Paulo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:07 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 4:44 AM – 6:29 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
- Vila Alpina — 2.0 km
- Santa Rita — 2.0 km
- Santana — 2.3 km
- Bacia — 3.2 km
- Rincao Gaucho — 3.5 km
- Arrieiro — 3.6 km
About the time in Cruzeiro
The sun breaks the horizon at Cruzeiro at 5:07 AM and leaves it at 6:06 PM. Daylight comes to 12 h 58 min.
The hour in Cruzeiro is the hour in Vila Alpina and Santa Rita as well.
The postal system lists 2 codes for Cruzeiro.
Local time in Cruzeiro comes from the America/Sao_Paulo zone, UTC−3. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Cruzeiro?
- Cruzeiro observes the America/Sao_Paulo time zone, with an offset of −3.
- Does Cruzeiro move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Cruzeiro?
- The sun is setting at 6:06 PM.