Brazil · BRT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Porto Alegre, 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 Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre.
Practical Info
Porto Alegre (Brazil) is home to roughly 4.3M people. Today brings about 10.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:18, sunset at 17:30. 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
BRT · 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.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap