Time in Santa Cruz

Brasilia Standard Time (UTC-3, UTC-3)

Current local time: 13:28

Next DST change: No offset change in the next year.

Current local time in Santa Cruz: · 11 Nov 2026

Santa Cruz time zone

Time zone
UTC-3 · UTC-3standard time

No clock change is expected in the next year.

No clock changes this year.

Brazil has 4 distinct time zone rule groups. Santa Cruz uses Brasilia Standard Time.

  • UTC-3 · UTC-3São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Ceará and moreNo daylight saving time
  • UTC-2 · UTC-2America/NoronhaNo daylight saving time
  • UTC-4 · UTC-4Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, RoraimaNo daylight saving time
  • UTC-5 · UTC-5Acre, AmazonasNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from Santa Cruz

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Santa Cruz
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London3 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and London
New York2 h behindCompare Santa Cruz and New York
Los Angeles5 h behindCompare Santa Cruz and Los Angeles
Berlin4 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Berlin
Dubai7 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Dubai
New Delhi8 h 30 min aheadCompare Santa Cruz and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day11 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day12 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day14 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Sydney
Copenhagen4 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Copenhagen

Sun in Santa Cruz today

Daylight
04:5612h 23m17:19

12h 23m today - 0h 6m less than the longest day and 0h 37m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

About Santa Cruz

City facts
Country
Brazil
Region
Rio Grande do Norte
Population
37,313
Dialing code
Currency
BRL · Real
Coordinates
-6.2294°, -36.0228°

Public holidays in Rio Grande do Norte

Holidays

  1. Republic Day

    Sunday · in 4 days

    National

  2. Black Awareness Day

    Friday · in 9 days

    Nationallong weekend

  3. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 44 days

    Nationallong weekend

  4. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 51 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. Good Friday

    Friday · in 135 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is Santa Cruz in?
Santa Cruz is in Brasilia Standard Time (UTC-3), America/Fortaleza. Standard time is UTC-3.
02Does Santa Cruz use daylight saving time?
No. Santa Cruz stays on UTC-3 all year.
03What is the time difference between Santa Cruz and UTC?
Santa Cruz is UTC-3 all year.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.