AlcântaraBrazil
Current time in Alcântara, Brazil
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Brasilia Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAlcântara time at a glance
- Country
- Brazil
- Location
- City in Maranhão
- Time zone
America/Fortaleza- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Alcântara
- IANA zone
America/Fortaleza- UTC offset now
- UTC-03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Alcântara is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Alcântara
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 20 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Alcântara
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Fortaleza, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Alcântara
Location details for Alcântara in Maranhão, Brazil.
- Administrative area
- Maranhão, Brazil
- Population
- 18,467
- Coordinates
- 2.4041° S, 44.4167° W. The elevation is 32 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Alcântara
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Alcântara. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- São LuísMaranhão, Brazil19 km southeast
America/FortalezaSame local time - RaposaMaranhão, Brazil35 km east
America/FortalezaSame local time - Paço do LumiarMaranhão, Brazil37 km southeast
America/FortalezaSame local time - BequimãoMaranhão, Brazil41 km west
America/FortalezaSame local time - São José de RibamarMaranhão, Brazil43 km southeast
America/FortalezaSame local time - São BentoMaranhão, Brazil55 km southwest
America/FortalezaSame local time
Sources for Alcântara time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.