Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.0667, -41.5500
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 965 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The clock on this page follows the local time of Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:07 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 12 h 48 min Night 11 h 12 min Civil twilight 4:44 AM – 6:18 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 56215-000
- 58824-000
- 59200-000
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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Sao Miguel — 1.7 km
- Mandiqueira — 2.5 km
- Sao Domingos — 2.5 km
- Floresta — 3.4 km
- Sao Jose — 3.7 km
- Engenho De Quicama — 3.7 km
Time and daylight in Santa Cruz
3 postal codes are listed for Santa Cruz.
People in Santa Cruz keep America/Sao_Paulo, a zone offset of UTC−3. Seasonal time change: No.
Sunrise today is 5:07 AM in Santa Cruz, with sunset at 5:55 PM. That works out to 12 h 48 min of light.
Travelling from Santa Cruz to Sao Miguel or Mandiqueira does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Santa Cruz?
- The time in Santa Cruz is calculated using America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does Santa Cruz switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Santa Cruz.
- The sun rises at 5:07 AM.