Benfica in numbers
- Coordinates
- -4.9722, -37.0681
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1687 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Benfica, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Below you can see what the time is in Benfica, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil now, in the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).
Benfica, Brazil
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in Benfica
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Benfica.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:04 AM Solar noon 11:13 AM Sunset 5:22 PM Daylight 12 h 17 min Night 11 h 43 min Civil twilight 4:43 AM – 5:43 PM
Weather in Benfica right now
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Benfica and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 59655-000 Areia Branca — 3.3 km away
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 Grande do Norte
- Natal 896 708
- Parnamirim 271 713
- Mossoro 264 577
- Sao Goncalo Do Amarante 115 838
- Macaiba 81 821
- Ceara-Mirim 79 115
Other places named Benfica
- Benfica Luanda, Angola
- Benfica Lisbon, Portugal
- Benfica Kwanza Sul, Angola
- Benfica Kwanza Sul, Angola
- Benfica Huambo, Angola
Same time zone — America/Fortaleza
- Fortaleza Brazil
- Natal Brazil
- Teresina Brazil
- Joao Pessoa Brazil
Nearby places
- São José — 3.2 km
- Areia Branca — 3.3 km
- Pedrinhas — 3.7 km
- Assentamento Casqueira I — 3.7 km
- Morro Pintado — 6.1 km
- Upanema — 6.6 km
Benfica: clock, sun and surroundings
Addresses in Benfica fall under 1 postal code.
Time in Benfica follows the zone America/Fortaleza, offset UTC−3. Seasonal clock shift: No.
Sunrise for Benfica today is set at 5:04 AM, sunset at 5:22 PM. Daylight covers 12 h 17 min.
The same hours are kept in Benfica and in nearby São José and Areia Branca.
Questions and answers
- How is Benfica's time zone listed?
- Benfica's time zone is listed as America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
- What time zone rules apply in Benfica — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Benfica: No.
- When is the sun up in Benfica?
- The sun comes up at 5:04 AM.