Fortaleza in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.3810, -44.1066
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 834 km away
- Same name
- 92 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This page reports the local time in Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, set by the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (−3).
Fortaleza, Brazil
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Fortaleza
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:12 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 4:49 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Fortaleza right now
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Fortaleza and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 60000-000
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 Fortaleza
- Fortaleza Ceará, Brazil
- Fortaleza Amazonas, Peru
- Fortaleza Loreto, Peru
- Fortaleza Amazonas, Peru
- Fortaleza Beni Department, Bolivia
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Nossa Senhora do Amparo — 0.7 km
- São Sebastião — 1.8 km
- Paineiras — 2.6 km
- Bonsucesso — 2.8 km
- Alto da Mutuca — 5.6 km
- Serra — 6.4 km
About the time in Fortaleza
Time in Fortaleza applies without change in Nossa Senhora do Amparo and São Sebastião nearby.
Fortaleza is covered by 1 postal code.
The zone covering Fortaleza is called America/Sao_Paulo and stands at UTC−3. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Sunrise today in Fortaleza lands at 5:12 AM; sunset lands at 6:10 PM. That is 12 h 57 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Fortaleza?
- The time zone that applies to Fortaleza is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does the local schedule in Fortaleza include a clock change?
- No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Fortaleza?
- It rises at 5:12 AM.