São José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -4.9606, -37.0418
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1690 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
This page answers what time it is in São José, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil right now, in the America/Fortaleza zone (−3).
São José, Brazil
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Fortaleza
Local time in São José
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in São José, Rio Grande do Norte.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:08 AM Solar noon 11:15 AM Sunset 5:21 PM Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 4:47 AM – 5:42 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
- Morro Pintado — 2.9 km
- Benfica — 3.2 km
- Areia Branca — 5.8 km
- Pedrinhas — 6.0 km
- Assentamento Casqueira I — 6.4 km
- Redonda — 7.3 km
São José: clock, sun and surroundings
Hours in São José are kept by America/Fortaleza, standing at UTC−3. Daylight saving observed: No.
Sunrise falls at 5:08 AM today in São José, with the sun setting at 5:21 PM. That leaves 12 h 13 min of light.
Morro Pintado and Benfica, both nearby, hold the same time as São José.
1 postal code is current for São José.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does São José use?
- São José uses America/Fortaleza, which has an offset of −3.
- What time zone rules apply in São José — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in São José: No.
- What is the local sunrise time in São José?
- Local sunrise is 5:08 AM.