Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -20.9010, -41.8930
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 851 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 reading below is the local time in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taken from 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 5:10 AM Solar noon 11:33 AM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 12 h 46 min Night 11 h 14 min Civil twilight 4:47 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
- Malacacheta — 1.2 km
- Arataca — 2.0 km
- Onça dos Coimbras — 2.3 km
- Santa Teresinha — 3.0 km
- Moreira — 3.3 km
- Macuco — 3.6 km
Local time details for Santa Cruz
Sunrise at Santa Cruz today happens at 5:10 AM, sunset at 5:56 PM. The two are 12 h 46 min apart.
Around Santa Cruz, places such as Malacacheta and Arataca use the same time.
Santa Cruz appears under 3 postal codes.
Santa Cruz marks time with America/Sao_Paulo at an offset of UTC−3. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Santa Cruz?
- Santa Cruz is in America/Sao_Paulo, which has an offset of −3.
- Do the clocks in Santa Cruz go back at any point?
- No.
- What time does the sun set in Santa Cruz?
- The sun sets in Santa Cruz at 5:56 PM.