Brazil · BRT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Goiânia, 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 Goiânia 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 Goiânia lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Goiânia 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 Goiânia lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Goiânia 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 Goiânia.
Practical Info
Goiânia (Brazil) is home to roughly 2.6M people. Today brings about 11.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:36, sunset at 17:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 17° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BRT · America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
16.69°S, 49.25°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Goiânia was planned in 1933 to replace the old state capital and has one of the highest ratios of tree cover per resident of any city in the world — by some counts around 90 square metres of green space per person.
The clock: Goiânia keeps UTC−3 on the central plateau, about two hours by road from Brasília, which was planned along similar lines a generation later.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap