Santa CruzBrazil
Current time in Santa Cruz, Brazil
Monday, 31 August 2026
Brasilia Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockSanta Cruz time at a glance
- Country
- Brazil
- Location
- City in Rio Grande do Norte
- Time zone
America/Fortaleza- UTC offset now
UTC-03:00- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Santa Cruz
Conditions near Santa Cruz and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Mist
- Feels like
- 23°C
- Humidity
- 96%
- Wind
- 10.1 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny21°C to 31°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 23.4 km/h
- Sunny21°C to 32°C6% chance of precipitationWind up to 22 km/h
- Sunny20°C to 31°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.4 km/h
Forecast valid from 02:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T05:24:11.060Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T05:39:11.060Z.
Time-zone identity for Santa Cruz
- 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.
Santa Cruz is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Santa Cruz
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Santa Cruz
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 Santa Cruz
Location details for Santa Cruz in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
- Administrative area
- Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Population
- 37,313
- Coordinates
- 6.2294° S, 36.0228° W. The elevation is 230 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Santa Cruz
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Santa Cruz. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- São Paulo do PotengiRio Grande do Norte, Brazil47 km northeast
America/FortalezaSame local time - Lagoa NovaRio Grande do Norte, Brazil52 km west
America/FortalezaSame local time - Currais NovosRio Grande do Norte, Brazil55 km west
America/FortalezaSame local time - Santo AntônioRio Grande do Norte, Brazil61 km east
America/FortalezaSame local time - Nova CruzRio Grande do Norte, Brazil71 km southeast
America/FortalezaSame local time - Monte AlegreRio Grande do Norte, Brazil78 km east
America/FortalezaSame local time
Sources for Santa Cruz 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.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.