Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -6.2294, -36.0228
- Population
- 37 313
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1675 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Learn the current time in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, a place in the America/Fortaleza time zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte.
The sun today
Sunrise 4:58 AM Solar noon 11:09 AM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 12 h 22 min Night 11 h 38 min Civil twilight 4:36 AM – 5:42 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 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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Fortaleza
- Fortaleza Brazil
- Natal Brazil
- Teresina Brazil
- Joao Pessoa Brazil
Nearby places
- Sitio Bento Nunes — 5.9 km
- Santa Helena — 7.4 km
- Passagem Do Meio — 8.8 km
- Barro Preto — 10.3 km
- Paulista — 11.6 km
- Lajes Pintadas — 13.7 km
About the time in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz takes in 3 postal codes.
The local zone in Santa Cruz is America/Fortaleza, standing at UTC−3. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Santa Cruz has sunrise at 4:58 AM today and sunset at 5:20 PM. Light holds for 12 h 22 min.
The time you see for Santa Cruz is also correct for Sitio Bento Nunes and Santa Helena.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Santa Cruz?
- The correct time zone for Santa Cruz is America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
- Does the clock in Santa Cruz stay the same all year?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Santa Cruz?
- Today the sun rises at 4:58 AM.