São José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -22.2832, -42.8070
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 898 km away
- Same name
- 278 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in São José, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
See what time it currently is in São José, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — the time zone there is America/Sao_Paulo (−3).
São José, Brazil
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in São José
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
São José keeps America/Sao_Paulo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:09 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 12 h 55 min Night 11 h 05 min Civil twilight 4:45 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in São José right now
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São José and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 88100-000
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 São José
- 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
- Vista Alegre — 5.1 km
- Antas — 6.2 km
- Metalúrgico — 6.5 km
- Queirs — 6.7 km
- Buraco do Ouro — 7.0 km
- Frade — 8.2 km
About the time in São José
Morning light reaches São José at 5:09 AM, and the sun sets at 6:03 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 12 h 55 min.
Vista Alegre and Antas sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind São José.
Records show 1 postal code for São José.
Time in São José runs on America/Sao_Paulo, which is UTC−3. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- Can São José's time zone be given as America/Sao_Paulo?
- Yes, São José's time zone is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Does daylight saving time reach São José?
- Daylight saving time in São José: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in São José today?
- Sunrise 5:09 AM, sunset 6:03 PM.