Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.2469, -43.9402
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 829 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 current local time in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is displayed here for the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Tuesday, 3 November 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 5:11 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 4:48 AM – 6:33 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
- Sossego — 1.5 km
- Pedro Carlos — 2.1 km
- Paraíso — 2.4 km
- Segredo — 2.9 km
- Areias — 3.6 km
- Boa Vista — 3.8 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
Today Santa Cruz gets sunrise at 5:11 AM and sunset at 6:09 PM. That leaves 12 h 58 min of daylight.
For nearby Sossego and Pedro Carlos, use the time shown for Santa Cruz.
Postal designations for Santa Cruz total 3.
The local zone in Santa Cruz is America/Sao_Paulo, standing at UTC−3. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Can Santa Cruz's time zone be given as America/Sao_Paulo?
- Yes, Santa Cruz's time zone is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does Santa Cruz observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Santa Cruz?
- Sunset in Santa Cruz is at 6:09 PM.