Fonseca in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.8792, -43.0871
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 936 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This page answers what time it is in Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil right now, in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Fonseca, Brazil
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Fonseca
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Fonseca.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:05 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 4:41 AM – 6:34 PM
Weather in Fonseca right now
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Fonseca and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24000-000 Niterói — 4.2 km away
- 24400-000 São Gonçalo — 8.5 km away
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 Fonseca
- Fonseca La Guajira Department, Colombia
- Fonseca Kwanza Sul, Angola
- Fonseca Ceará, Brazil
- Fonseca Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fonseca Porto, Portugal
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Cantagalo — 5.1 km
- Cafubá — 6.0 km
- Charitas — 6.2 km
- Jurujuba — 6.7 km
- Jacaré — 7.4 km
- Jardim Terra Nova — 7.5 km
About the time in Fonseca
Fonseca runs its day on America/Sao_Paulo, which is offset UTC−3. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
In Fonseca the sun rises today at 5:05 AM and sets again at 6:10 PM. Daylight fills 13 h 05 min of the day.
Anyone in Cantagalo or Cafubá reads the same clock as Fonseca.
2 postal codes divide Fonseca.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Sao_Paulo be used as the time zone for Fonseca?
- Yes, Fonseca uses America/Sao_Paulo, whose offset is −3.
- Does Fonseca observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- How early does the sun rise in Fonseca?
- The first sunlight comes at 5:05 AM.