Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.3345, -42.8689
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 899 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Look up the current time in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which follows the America/Sao_Paulo 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 5:07 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 4:44 AM – 6:29 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
- Imbuí — 0.8 km
- Nhunguacu — 1.5 km
- Vale de Bonsucesso — 1.5 km
- Pedras — 1.9 km
- Retiro — 2.5 km
- Pedras — 3.2 km
Time and daylight in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is served by a set of 3 postal codes.
Local clocks in Santa Cruz follow the America/Sao_Paulo zone, UTC−3. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Sunrise happens at 5:07 AM in Santa Cruz today and sunset at 6:05 PM. That marks 12 h 58 min of daylight.
Santa Cruz and nearby Imbuí and Nhunguacu are never an hour apart.
Questions and answers
- How is Santa Cruz's time zone listed?
- Santa Cruz's time zone is listed as America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does Santa Cruz go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Santa Cruz: No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Santa Cruz?
- In Santa Cruz the sun rises at 5:07 AM.