Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.1833, -54.3000
- Region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1728 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
This page answers what time it is in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil right now, in the America/Sao_Paulo zone (−3).
Santa Cruz, Brazil
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
Santa Cruz keeps America/Sao_Paulo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 12:24 PM Sunset 6:49 PM Daylight 12 h 50 min Night 11 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 7:13 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 Sul
- Porto Alegre 1 488 252
- Caxias Do Sul 479 599
- Pelotas 336 150
- Canoas 328 291
- Santa Maria 271 735
- Gravatai 265 074
Other places named Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
Same time zone — America/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Tiaraju — 9.5 km
- Sao Gabriel — 17.1 km
- Bolso — 18.1 km
- Pomares-Medianeira — 19.5 km
- Estancia Nova — 21.6 km
- Santa Clara — 23.0 km
Local time details for Santa Cruz
3 postal codes are listed for Santa Cruz.
Clocks in Santa Cruz are set by America/Sao_Paulo and read UTC−3. Daylight saving time: No.
First light in Santa Cruz comes at 5:59 AM today; darkness returns after 6:49 PM. The day gives 12 h 50 min of light.
For Tiaraju and Sao Gabriel near Santa Cruz, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Does Santa Cruz use the America/Sao_Paulo time zone?
- Yes, Santa Cruz uses America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Santa Cruz?
- Daylight saving time in Santa Cruz: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Santa Cruz?
- It disappears at 6:49 PM.