Brazil · BRT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Belo Horizonte, 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 Belo Horizonte 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 Belo Horizonte lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Belo Horizonte 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 Belo Horizonte lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Belo Horizonte 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 Belo Horizonte.
Practical Info
Belo Horizonte (Brazil) is home to roughly 6.0M people. Today brings about 11.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:24, sunset at 17:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 20° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BRT · America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
19.92°S, 43.94°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Belo Horizonte was designed from scratch and inaugurated in 1897, the first planned city in Brazil, laid out on a grid crossed by diagonals. Brasília, sixty years later, followed the idea and got the fame.
The clock: Belo Horizonte keeps UTC−3. Oscar Niemeyer's first major commissions were built here at Pampulha in the 1940s, before Brasília existed.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap