Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -21.4433, -42.1184
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 875 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 time now in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is shown here, following the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Santa Cruz.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:17 AM Solar noon 11:35 AM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 12 h 37 min Night 11 h 23 min Civil twilight 4:54 AM – 6:16 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
- Sete Moças — 10.4 km
- Humaitá — 11.5 km
- São Luís — 13.7 km
- Meia Laranja — 14.8 km
- Baltazar — 14.8 km
- Barra Alegre — 14.8 km
Time and daylight in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz appears under 3 postal codes.
Local clocks in Santa Cruz follow the America/Sao_Paulo zone, UTC−3. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Morning light reaches Santa Cruz at 5:17 AM, and the sun sets at 5:53 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 12 h 37 min.
The hours shown for Santa Cruz apply equally in Sete Moças and Humaitá.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Santa Cruz?
- The time zone that applies to Santa Cruz is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does Santa Cruz adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Santa Cruz.
- The sunset hour is 5:53 PM.