| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +4h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +5h | Becomes +4h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +7h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +12h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +13h | Becomes +14h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | −4h | Becomes −5h on 1 Nov |
Florianópolis, Brazil runs on UTC−3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Florianópolis and New York is 1 hour. 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 Florianópolis lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between Florianópolis and London is 4 hours. 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 Florianópolis lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Florianópolis and Tokyo is 12 hours. 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, Rio de Janeiro. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Florianópolis.
Florianópolis (Brazil) is home to roughly 540K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 18:13. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 28° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
27.60°S, 48.55°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Florianópolis sits mostly on an island with around 42 named beaches, from calm bays on the west to open Atlantic surf on the east. The Hercílio Luz bridge connecting it to the mainland is the longest suspension bridge in Brazil.
The clock: Florianópolis keeps UTC−3. Its population roughly doubles in January, when the rest of the southern cone arrives.
Florianópolis lies at 48.5°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 3.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 14 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:14 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC−3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 53m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 24m. The swing between them is 3h 30m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Florianópolis the sun comes up earliest on 3 December at 05:11, while the latest sunset waits until 12 January at 19:14. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Florianópolis that civil twilight runs about 23 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Florianópolis, Brazil is America/Sao_Paulo with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Florianópolis has an estimated population of 540K and is located at coordinates 27.60°S, 48.55°W.
Florianópolis gets 13h 53m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 24m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Florianópolis falls at about 12:14 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 3.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Forty-Two Beaches on One Island: Florianópolis sits mostly on an island with around 42 named beaches, from calm bays on the west to open Atlantic surf on the east.