Brazil · BRT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Belém, Brazil runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 1-hour difference between Belém and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Belém lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Belém and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–14:00 in Belém lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Belém and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Belém.
Practical Info
Belém (Brazil) is home to roughly 2.5M people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 18:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 1° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BRT · America/Belem
Coordinates
1.46°S, 48.49°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Círio de Nazaré each October draws around two million people through Belém behind a small image of the Virgin, making it one of the largest religious processions on Earth. The rope pulled by the crowd is about 400 metres long.
The clock: Belém keeps UTC−3 at the mouth of the Amazon, almost exactly on the equator, where sunrise and sunset barely shift all year.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap