BrasíliaBrazil
Current time in Brasília, Brazil
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Brasilia Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockBrasília time at a glance
- Country
- Brazil
- Location
- Capital city of Brazil
- Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Brasília time guide
Does Brasília change its clocks?
UTC-03:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC-03:00, with no seasonal clock change
- Time-zone identifier
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Brasília and London
- 3 hours behind GMT; 4 hours behind BST
- Brasília and New York
- 2 hours ahead of EST; 1 hour ahead of EDT
Federal capital geography
The Federal District has no municipalities
IBGE defines the Federal District as an autonomous federal entity that cannot be divided into municipalities and identifies Brasília as both its seat and Brazil’s federal capital. District, administrative-region and Plano Piloto figures therefore describe different geographic cuts.
Time-zone identity for Brasília
- IANA zone
America/Sao_Paulo- 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.
Brasília is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Brasília
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Brasília
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Sao_Paulo, 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.
Capital city context
About Brasília, capital of Brazil
Brasília is the capital of Brazil. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Brazil
- Administrative area
- Federal District, Brazil
- Population
- 2,207,718
- Coordinates
- 15.7797° S, 47.9297° W. The elevation is 1,136 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Brasília
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Brasília. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- CruzeiroFederal District, Brazil1.5 km southwest
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - Sudoeste/OctagonalFederal District, Brazil2.4 km south
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - Plano PilotoFederal District, Brazil5.3 km east
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - GuaráFederal District, Brazil5.6 km southwest
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - Setor Complementar de Indústria e AbastecimentoFederal District, Brazil6.3 km west
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - Lago SulFederal District, Brazil8.8 km southeast
America/Sao_PauloSame local time
Sources for Brasília time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 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.
- Geographic Reference Framework: Federal DistrictBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics · 2023 geographic reference framework · AccessedOfficial legal and statistical relationship between Brasília and the Federal District.