São José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -5.2769, -36.9528
- Region
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1671 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
See the local time in São José, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil right now, measured in the America/Fortaleza time zone (−3).
São José, Brazil
Thursday, 15 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 5:08 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
- Vila Rio Grande do Sul — 1.6 km
- São Bento — 3.9 km
- Vila Santa Catarina — 5.2 km
- Massapê — 5.4 km
- Quixábeirinha — 6.6 km
- Cabeleira — 6.9 km
About the time in São José
The sun rises over São José today at 5:08 AM and slips away at 5:21 PM. That leaves 12 h 13 min of daylight.
Nothing changes on the clock between São José and neighbouring Vila Rio Grande do Sul or São Bento.
São José contains 1 postal code.
For São José the applicable zone is America/Fortaleza, running UTC−3. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does São José fall?
- São José falls under America/Fortaleza, with an offset of −3.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in São José?
- No.
- Sunrise in São José is at what time?
- At 5:08 AM.