Sao Jose in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.1000, -41.5500
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 968 km away
- Same name
- 278 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sao Jose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The time you see here is the local time in Sao Jose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (−3).
Sao Jose, Brazil
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Sao Jose
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sao Jose.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:02 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 6:00 PM Daylight 12 h 58 min Night 11 h 02 min Civil twilight 4:39 AM – 6:23 PM
Weather in Sao Jose right now
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Sao Jose and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 88100-000 São José
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 Sao Jose
- São José Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Sao Jose Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Sao Jose São Tomé Island, Saint Thomas and Prince
- São José Bíe, Angola
- São José São Tomé Island, Saint Thomas and Prince
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Engenho De Quicama — 0.0 km
- Mandiqueira — 2.5 km
- Sao Domingos — 2.5 km
- Santa Cruz — 3.7 km
- Sao Francisco — 3.9 km
- Sao Miguel — 4.1 km
Sao Jose: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal designations for Sao Jose total 1.
The name of the time zone in Sao Jose is America/Sao_Paulo, and it runs UTC−3. Daylight saving time: No.
Today in Sao Jose the sun appears at 5:02 AM and sets again at 6:00 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 58 min.
For Engenho De Quicama and Mandiqueira near Sao Jose, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Sao Jose?
- The correct time zone for Sao Jose is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Sao Jose?
- Daylight saving in Sao Jose: No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Sao Jose?
- The sun is rising at 5:02 AM.