| 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 |
Santos, 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 Santos 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 Santos lines up with 09:00–17:00 in New York. The time difference between Santos 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 Santos lines up with 13:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Santos 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 Santos.
Santos (Brazil) is home to roughly 435K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:46, sunset at 18:04. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC−3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 24° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Brazil
Capital
Brasília
Continent
South America
Time Zone
UTC−3 · America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
23.96°S, 46.33°W
Currency
BRL (R$)
Calling Code
+55
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Portuguese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Santos handles more cargo than any other port in Latin America, and its beachfront gardens run about 5.3 kilometres — recognised by Guinness as the largest beachfront garden in the world.
The clock: Santos keeps UTC−3. Pelé played for the local club for eighteen years and is buried in a vertical cemetery here that is the tallest in the world.
Santos lies at 46.3°W. Its time zone, UTC−3, is built around the 45°W meridian. The 1.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 5 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:05 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 37m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 39m. The swing between them is 2h 58m. 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 Santos the sun comes up earliest on 30 November at 05:10, while the latest sunset waits until 14 January at 18:58. 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 Santos 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 Santos, Brazil is America/Sao_Paulo with a current UTC offset of UTC−3.
Santos has an estimated population of 435K and is located at coordinates 23.96°S, 46.33°W.
Santos gets 13h 37m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 39m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Santos falls at about 12:05 on UTC−3 standard time, because the city sits 1.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Largest Port in Latin America: Santos handles more cargo than any other port in Latin America, and its beachfront gardens run about 5.3 kilometres — recognised by Guinness as the largest beachfront garden in the world.