São José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -5.3606, -36.4319
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1706 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 shows, minute by minute, the local time in São José, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 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 5:06 AM Solar noon 11:12 AM Sunset 5:19 PM Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 4:45 AM – 5:40 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
- Sao Raimundo — 2.3 km
- Diamantina — 4.4 km
- Oiticica — 5.4 km
- Santa Fe — 5.5 km
- Assentamento Sebastião Andrade — 5.5 km
- Santa Helena — 5.9 km
About the time in São José
Hours in São José are kept by America/Fortaleza, standing at UTC−3. Daylight saving observed: No.
The sky over São José lightens at 5:06 AM and the sun sets at 5:19 PM. Daylight runs for 12 h 13 min today.
No adjustment is needed moving between São José, Sao Raimundo and Diamantina.
Addresses in São José fall under 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does São José use?
- São José uses America/Fortaleza, which has an offset of −3.
- Does São José adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- When does the sun disappear in São José?
- It disappears at 5:19 PM.