São José in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.6745, -54.0280
- Region
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Country
- Brazil, South America
- Capital
- Brasília — 1565 km away
- Same name
- 278 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in São José, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Watch the current local time in São José, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, running on the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (−3).
São José, Brazil
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Local time in São José
UTC−3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in São José.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:39 AM Solar noon 12:21 PM Sunset 7:03 PM Daylight 13 h 24 min Night 10 h 36 min Civil twilight 5:14 AM – 7:29 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 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 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/Sao_Paulo
- Sao Paulo Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Brazil
- Belo Horizonte Brazil
- Brasilia Brazil
- Curitiba Brazil
- Goiania Brazil
Nearby places
- Sao Pedro — 8.4 km
- Joia — 9.7 km
- Vinte E Um De Abril — 9.8 km
- Rosário — 14.4 km
- Ponte Queimada — 17.7 km
- Augusto Pestana — 17.9 km
São José: clock, sun and surroundings
Time in São José follows the zone America/Sao_Paulo, offset UTC−3. Seasonal clock shift: No.
In São José the sun rises today at 5:39 AM and sets again at 7:03 PM. Daylight fills 13 h 24 min of the day.
The time given for São José holds for nearby Sao Pedro and Joia too.
Within São José, postal codes number 1.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to São José?
- The time zone that applies to São José is America/Sao_Paulo, with an offset of −3.
- Do people in São José set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in São José: No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in São José — what are they?
- Sunrise at 5:39 AM, sunset at 7:03 PM.