São José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -5.1333, -37.5167
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1640 km away
- Same name
- 278 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in São José, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
The reading below is the local time in São José, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, taken from the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).
São José, Brazil
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in São José
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in São José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:10 AM Solar noon 11:16 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 4:49 AM – 5:44 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 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 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/Fortaleza
- Fortaleza Brazil
- Natal Brazil
- Teresina Brazil
- Joao Pessoa Brazil
Nearby places
- Assentamento Fazenda Nova — 2.1 km
- Cacimba Velha — 3.7 km
- Juremal — 4.6 km
- Santo Antônio — 6.3 km
- Sao Pedro Cachoeira — 7.2 km
- Barreira Vermelha — 7.4 km
About the time in São José
São José has 1 postal code in total.
São José works to America/Fortaleza time, set at UTC−3. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise reaches São José at 5:10 AM, and the sun sets at 5:23 PM. Light lasts 12 h 13 min.
Clocks in Assentamento Fazenda Nova and Cacimba Velha read the same as clocks in São José.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in São José based on?
- The clock in São José is based on America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
- Does the local time in São José change with daylight saving?
- No.
- When does morning light reach São José?
- At 5:10 AM.