| 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 |
Porto Alegre, 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 Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre.
Porto Alegre (Brazil) is home to roughly 4.3M people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:04, sunset at 18:25. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 30° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
30.03°S, 51.23°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Porto Alegre introduced participatory budgeting in 1989, letting residents vote directly on how part of the municipal capital budget was spent. The model has since been adopted by thousands of cities worldwide.
The clock: Porto Alegre keeps UTC−3 at 30° south, far enough for real seasons — occasional frost in July, which most of Brazil never sees.
Porto Alegre lies at 51.2°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 6.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 25 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:25 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 14h 5m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 12m. The swing between them is 3h 52m. 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 Porto Alegre the sun comes up earliest on 4 December at 05:17, while the latest sunset waits until 10 January at 19:30. 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 Porto Alegre that civil twilight runs about 24 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 Porto Alegre, Brazil is America/Sao_Paulo with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Porto Alegre has an estimated population of 4.3M and is located at coordinates 30.03°S, 51.23°W.
Porto Alegre gets 14h 5m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 12m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Porto Alegre falls at about 12:25 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 6.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Where Participatory Budgeting Started: Porto Alegre introduced participatory budgeting in 1989, letting residents vote directly on how part of the municipal capital budget was spent. The model has since been adopted by thousands of cities worldwide.