Brazil · BRT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Salvador, 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 Salvador 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 Salvador lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. There is a 4-hour difference between Salvador 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 Salvador lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. There is a 12-hour difference between Salvador 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 Salvador.
Practical Info
Salvador (Brazil) is home to roughly 3.9M people. Today brings about 11.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 17:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 13° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
BRT · America/Bahia
Coordinates
12.97°S, 38.51°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Salvador was the capital of Portuguese Brazil from 1549 to 1763 and the main port of the Atlantic slave trade in the Americas. Its Afro-Brazilian culture — capoeira, candomblé, the food — descends directly from that history.
The clock: Salvador keeps UTC−3. Its carnival runs on moving sound trucks, the trios elétricos, and by some counts draws larger street crowds than Rio's.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap