Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.1099, -42.8683
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 879 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read off the current local time in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which belongs to the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Monday, 9 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 5:04 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 6:09 PM Daylight 13 h 04 min Night 10 h 56 min Civil twilight 4:41 AM – 6:32 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
- Gamboa — 12.5 km
- Chácara — 13.0 km
- Ventania — 13.3 km
- Ponte Nova — 14.0 km
- Córrego Sujo — 15.3 km
- Vale Alpino — 15.4 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
The name of the time zone in Santa Cruz is America/Sao_Paulo, and it runs UTC−3. Daylight saving time: No.
Today's sunrise at Santa Cruz falls at 5:04 AM; sunset follows at 6:09 PM. Between them lie 13 h 04 min of daylight.
Neighbouring places Gamboa and Chácara run on Santa Cruz time.
Postal service in Santa Cruz uses 3 codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Santa Cruz observe?
- Santa Cruz observes America/Sao_Paulo, whose offset is −3.
- Does the clock in Santa Cruz stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Santa Cruz?
- At 6:09 PM.