Petrópolis in numbers
- Coordinates
- -5.7850, -35.2016
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1776 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
The clock on this page follows the local time of Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).
Petrópolis, Brazil
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in Petrópolis
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Petrópolis keeps America/Fortaleza clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 4:57 AM Solar noon 11:06 AM Sunset 5:15 PM Daylight 12 h 18 min Night 11 h 42 min Civil twilight 4:35 AM – 5:36 PM
Weather in Petrópolis right now
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Petrópolis and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 25600-000
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 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 Petrópolis
- Petropolis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Petropolis Pando, Bolivia
- Petrópolis Amazonas, Brazil
- Petrópolis Amazonas, Brazil
- Petropolis Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Same time zone — America/Fortaleza
- Fortaleza Brazil
- Natal Brazil
- Teresina Brazil
- Joao Pessoa Brazil
Nearby places
- Tirol — 1.9 km
- Lagoa Seca — 2.7 km
- Conjunto Santa Marta — 2.7 km
- P.J. Lourenço — 3.2 km
- Coqueiros — 3.2 km
- Hospício — 3.3 km
Time and daylight in Petrópolis
Clocks in Petrópolis follow America/Fortaleza, an offset of UTC−3 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today in Petrópolis the sun appears at 4:57 AM and sets again at 5:15 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 18 min.
Tirol and Lagoa Seca sit close to Petrópolis and run on the same clock.
Postal designations for Petrópolis total 1.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Petrópolis observe?
- Petrópolis observes America/Fortaleza, whose offset is −3.
- Does the time in Petrópolis shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in Petrópolis?
- It disappears at 5:15 PM.