Brazil

Website: Brasil-BR.com 

Federative Republic of Brazil / República Federativa do Brasil

The Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil) is the largest and most populous country in Latin America and the fifth largest in the world.  Spanning a vast area between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil borders Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana.  Every South American nation except for Ecuador and Chile borders with Brazil.  Named after brazilwood, a tree highly valued by early colonists, Brazil is home to both extensive agricultural lands and rain forests.

Brazil Time Zones

There are 4 time zones in Brazil.  The time in most of Brazil visited by foreign tourists is three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-3). This is true of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia, Bahia, Minas Gerais etc

What is the time in Brazil, South America?

Brazil Eastern Time - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasiiía, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe

Clock showing current time in Sao Paulo, Brazil Time Zone

Standard Time:  GMT-3

Daylight Saving Time: GMT-2

Brazil Fernando de Noronha Archipelago

Clock showing current time now in Noronha
(Brazil - Fernando de Noronha Archipelago Time Zone)

Standard Time:  GMT-2

Does not operate Daylight Saving Time

Brazil - Amazonas, Roraima, Rondônia, Amapá, Pará

Clock showing current time now in  Belem (Brazil Amazonas Time Zone)

Standard Time: GMT-3

Does not operate Daylight Saving Time

Brazil - Acre State

Clock showing current time now in Rio Branco (Brazil Acre Time Zone)

Standard Time: GMT-4

Does not operate Daylight Saving Time

What time zone is Brazil in?

The time in most of Brazil visited by foreign tourists is three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-3). This is true of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasiiía, Bahia, Minas Gerais etc.

Amazonas, Roraima, Rondônia, Amapá,Pará, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso are a further one hour behind Brazilian Standard Time (GMT-4).

The north-east states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe are one hour ahead of Brazil Standard Time (GMT-2).

Does Brazil observe Daylight Saving Time?

In populous Brazil, Summer Time comes into effect during a period and districts determined annually.  During the period of Daylight Saving Time, Brazil's clocks go forward one hour in most of the Brazilian southeast.

Other areas of Brazil do not adopt Summer Time

What is the International Telephone Dialling Code for Brazil?

The International Dialling Code for Brazil is 55.

Brazil websites

Observatório Nacional de Brasil (National  Observatory of Brazil): www.on.br

Time Change decrees: http://pcdsh01.on.br/DecHV.html