Brazil Real-time Astronomical Calculations

7-Day Outlook

Next 7 Days Sunrise & Sunset Forecast for Brazil

Automatic daily forecast calculated for this location. Times update with your selected date.

Date Sunrise Sunset Solar Noon Day Length Golden Hour (Eve)
City Breakdown

Major Cities in Brazil

São Paulo

Brazil • São Paulo

Check sunrise and sunset times in São Paulo, Brazil today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -23.5505°, -46.6333° (America/Sao_Paulo). Popular places to watch the sun include Ibirapuera Park, Pico do Jaraguá, Parque Villa-Lobos. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil • Rio de Janeiro

Check sunrise and sunset times in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -22.9068°, -43.1729° (America/Sao_Paulo). Popular places to watch the sun include Arpoador Rock, Sugarloaf Mountain, Ipanema Beach. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Brasília

Brazil • Federal District

Check sunrise and sunset times in Brasília, Brazil today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -15.7975°, -47.8919° (America/Sao_Paulo). Popular places to watch the sun include Eixo Monumental, Paranoá Lake, Pontão do Lago Sul. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Salvador

Brazil • Bahia

Check sunrise and sunset times in Salvador, Brazil today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -12.9777°, -38.5016° (America/Bahia). Popular places to watch the sun include Farol da Barra, Elevador Lacerda, Ponta de Humaita. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Fortaleza

Brazil • Ceará

Check sunrise and sunset times in Fortaleza, Brazil today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -3.7172°, -38.5433° (America/Fortaleza). Popular places to watch the sun include Praia de Iracema, Ponte dos Ingleses, Beira Mar Avenue. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Belo Horizonte

Brazil • Minas Gerais

Check sunrise and sunset times in Belo Horizonte, Brazil today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -19.9167°, -43.9345° (America/Sao_Paulo). Popular places to watch the sun include Mirante do Mangabeiras, Praça da Liberdade, Lagoa da Pampulha. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Brazil Cities — Today's Sunrise & Sunset Times

Today's sunrise, sunset, and day length for all 10 cities in Brazil on this site, computed with NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms and each city's local timezone.

CitySunriseSunsetDay Length
São Paulo (São Paulo)
Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
Brasília (Federal District)
Salvador (Bahia)
Fortaleza (Ceará)
Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais)
Manaus (Amazonas)
Curitiba (Paraná)
Recife (Pernambuco)
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)

Solar & Astronomical Facts About Brazil

  • 1Northern cities like Macapá sit directly on the Equator, enjoying almost exact 12-hour days year-round.
  • 2Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach sunset is famous for the crowd applause tradition as the sun dips below Two Brothers mountain.
  • 3Brazil spans four official time zones.

How Seasons Change Sunrise & Sunset in Brazil

Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere, so the longest days fall around 21 December and the shortest around 21 June — the opposite of Europe, the US, and India. At the Brasília reference, June day length is 11h 12m and December is 13h 4m.

Brazil keeps a fixed civil offset year-round, so clocks do not jump in spring or autumn. Seasonal sunrise changes come from Earth's tilt and orbit, not from Daylight Saving Time.

Latitude still sets day length. In June, Manaus (-3.1° ) has 11h 57m of daylight versus 10h 13m in Porto Alegre (-30.0°). In December those figures are 12h 18m and 14h 4m.

This country uses 5 IANA timezones among the cities listed here. Recife and Manaus do not share a clock, so comparing printed sunrise times without converting to UTC is misleading. On 21 June those local sunrises are 05:31 AM (America/Recife) and 06:03 AM (America/Manaus).

Brazil is southern-hemisphere for most of its population: longest days in December, shortest in June. It also spans multiple time zones — Manaus is not on São Paulo’s clock — so a national sunset time is meaningless.

Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre latitude) swings much more than equatorial Manaus. Rio’s famous west-facing beaches are a viewpoint story on top of the timezone map.

2026 Solstice Snapshot — Cities in Brazil

Official sunrise and sunset (upper limb on a flat horizon) on 21 June (southern winter) and 21 December (southern summer), each city’s local timezone. Sorted east to west. Open a city page for the live calendar, azimuth, and golden hour.

City Timezone 21 Jun sunrise 21 Jun sunset Jun day 21 Dec sunrise 21 Dec sunset Dec day
Recife America/Recife 05:31 AM 05:11 PM 11h 40m 04:59 AM 05:34 PM 12h 35m
Salvador America/Bahia 05:55 AM 05:16 PM 11h 21m 05:04 AM 05:58 PM 12h 54m
Fortaleza America/Fortaleza 05:38 AM 05:33 PM 11h 55m 05:21 AM 05:41 PM 12h 20m
Rio de Janeiro America/Sao_Paulo 06:32 AM 05:16 PM 10h 44m 05:04 AM 06:36 PM 13h 32m
Belo Horizonte America/Sao_Paulo 06:29 AM 05:25 PM 10h 56m 05:13 AM 06:33 PM 13h 20m
São Paulo America/Sao_Paulo 06:47 AM 05:28 PM 10h 41m 05:16 AM 06:51 PM 13h 35m
Brasília America/Sao_Paulo 06:37 AM 05:49 PM 11h 12m 05:37 AM 06:41 PM 13h 4m
Curitiba America/Sao_Paulo 07:02 AM 05:35 PM 10h 33m 05:23 AM 07:06 PM 13h 43m
Porto Alegre America/Sao_Paulo 07:20 AM 05:33 PM 10h 13m 05:20 AM 07:24 PM 14h 4m
Manaus America/Manaus 06:03 AM 06:00 PM 11h 57m 05:48 AM 06:06 PM 12h 18m

At the Brasília reference in 2026, the longest civil day is Dec 16, 2026 (13h 4m 0s) and the shortest is Jun 14, 2026 (11h 11m 0s). Earliest sunrise and latest sunset often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.

Use this page for today’s times across Brazil and a 7-day forecast. Times in the widget are computed for the capital reference (Brasília) in America/Sao_Paulo. The month calendar below adds azimuth, twilight, golden hour, and blue hour. City pages pick up longitude-specific clock shifts and popular viewpoints.

Full Month Sun Calendar

Brasília Sun Times — September 2026

Day-by-day sunrise, sunset, compass azimuth, day-length change, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon for Brasília in America/Sao_Paulo. Times use NOAA/Meeus algorithms with standard atmospheric refraction (zenith 90.833°). Scroll sideways for photography and twilight columns, or use the arrows to browse other months.

Date Sunrise Sunset Day Length Diff Solar Noon Civil Nautical Astronomical Golden hour Blue hour
Time Azimuth Time Azimuth Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Morning Evening Morning Evening
Tue, Sep 106:18 AM82° E06:06 PM278° W11h 48m 0s—12:12 PM05:56 AM06:27 PM05:31 AM06:52 PM05:06 AM07:17 PM06:04 AM – 06:46 AM05:37 PM – 06:19 PM05:48 AM – 06:04 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Wed, Sep 206:17 AM82° E06:06 PM278° W11h 49m 0s+1m 0s12:11 PM05:55 AM06:27 PM05:30 AM06:52 PM05:05 AM07:17 PM06:04 AM – 06:46 AM05:37 PM – 06:19 PM05:47 AM – 06:04 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Thu, Sep 306:16 AM83° E06:06 PM277° W11h 50m 0s+1m 0s12:11 PM05:55 AM06:27 PM05:30 AM06:53 PM05:05 AM07:18 PM06:03 AM – 06:45 AM05:37 PM – 06:19 PM05:46 AM – 06:03 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Fri, Sep 406:15 AM83° E06:06 PM277° W11h 51m 0s+1m 0s12:10 PM05:54 AM06:28 PM05:29 AM06:53 PM05:04 AM07:18 PM06:02 AM – 06:44 AM05:37 PM – 06:19 PM05:45 AM – 06:02 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Sat, Sep 506:15 AM83° E06:06 PM277° W11h 51m 0s+0m 0s12:10 PM05:53 AM06:28 PM05:28 AM06:53 PM05:03 AM07:18 PM06:01 AM – 06:43 AM05:37 PM – 06:19 PM05:45 AM – 06:01 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Sun, Sep 606:14 AM84° E06:06 PM276° W11h 52m 0s+1m 0s12:10 PM05:52 AM06:28 PM05:27 AM06:53 PM05:02 AM07:18 PM06:01 AM – 06:43 AM05:38 PM – 06:19 PM05:44 AM – 06:01 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Mon, Sep 706:13 AM84° E06:06 PM276° W11h 53m 0s+1m 0s12:09 PM05:52 AM06:28 PM05:27 AM06:53 PM05:02 AM07:18 PM06:00 AM – 06:42 AM05:38 PM – 06:19 PM05:43 AM – 06:00 AM06:19 PM – 06:36 PM
Tue, Sep 806:12 AM84° E06:06 PM276° W11h 54m 0s+1m 0s12:09 PM05:51 AM06:28 PM05:26 AM06:53 PM05:01 AM07:18 PM05:59 AM – 06:41 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:43 AM – 05:59 AM06:20 PM – 06:36 PM
Wed, Sep 906:12 AM85° E06:06 PM275° W11h 54m 0s+0m 0s12:09 PM05:50 AM06:28 PM05:25 AM06:53 PM05:00 AM07:18 PM05:59 AM – 06:40 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:42 AM – 05:59 AM06:20 PM – 06:36 PM
Thu, Sep 1006:11 AM85° E06:07 PM275° W11h 56m 0s+2m 0s12:09 PM05:49 AM06:28 PM05:24 AM06:53 PM05:00 AM07:18 PM05:58 AM – 06:40 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:41 AM – 05:58 AM06:20 PM – 06:36 PM
Fri, Sep 1106:10 AM86° E06:07 PM274° W11h 57m 0s+1m 0s12:08 PM05:49 AM06:28 PM05:24 AM06:53 PM04:59 AM07:18 PM05:57 AM – 06:39 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:40 AM – 05:57 AM06:20 PM – 06:36 PM
Sat, Sep 1206:09 AM86° E06:07 PM274° W11h 58m 0s+1m 0s12:08 PM05:48 AM06:28 PM05:23 AM06:53 PM04:58 AM07:18 PM05:56 AM – 06:38 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:40 AM – 05:56 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Sun, Sep 1306:09 AM86° E06:07 PM274° W11h 58m 0s+0m 0s12:08 PM05:47 AM06:28 PM05:22 AM06:53 PM04:57 AM07:18 PM05:55 AM – 06:37 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:39 AM – 05:55 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Mon, Sep 1406:08 AM87° E06:07 PM273° W11h 59m 0s+1m 0s12:07 PM05:46 AM06:28 PM05:21 AM06:53 PM04:56 AM07:18 PM05:55 AM – 06:36 AM05:38 PM – 06:20 PM05:38 AM – 05:55 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Tue, Sep 1506:07 AM87° E06:07 PM273° W12h 0m 0s+1m 0s12:07 PM05:46 AM06:28 PM05:21 AM06:53 PM04:56 AM07:18 PM05:54 AM – 06:36 AM05:39 PM – 06:20 PM05:37 AM – 05:54 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Wed, Sep 1606:06 AM88° E06:07 PM272° W12h 1m 0s+1m 0s12:06 PM05:45 AM06:29 PM05:20 AM06:54 PM04:55 AM07:18 PM05:53 AM – 06:35 AM05:39 PM – 06:20 PM05:36 AM – 05:53 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Thu, Sep 1706:06 AM88° E06:07 PM272° W12h 1m 0s+0m 0s12:06 PM05:44 AM06:29 PM05:19 AM06:54 PM04:54 AM07:19 PM05:52 AM – 06:34 AM05:39 PM – 06:20 PM05:36 AM – 05:52 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Fri, Sep 1806:05 AM88° E06:07 PM272° W12h 2m 0s+1m 0s12:06 PM05:43 AM06:29 PM05:18 AM06:54 PM04:53 AM07:19 PM05:52 AM – 06:33 AM05:39 PM – 06:20 PM05:35 AM – 05:52 AM06:20 PM – 06:37 PM
Sat, Sep 1906:04 AM89° E06:07 PM271° W12h 3m 0s+1m 0s12:05 PM05:42 AM06:29 PM05:18 AM06:54 PM04:53 AM07:19 PM05:51 AM – 06:32 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:34 AM – 05:51 AM06:21 PM – 06:37 PM
Sun, Sep 2006:03 AM89° E06:07 PM271° W12h 4m 0s+1m 0s12:05 PM05:42 AM06:29 PM05:17 AM06:54 PM04:52 AM07:19 PM05:50 AM – 06:32 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:33 AM – 05:50 AM06:21 PM – 06:37 PM
Mon, Sep 2106:02 AM90° E06:08 PM270° W12h 6m 0s+2m 0s12:05 PM05:41 AM06:29 PM05:16 AM06:54 PM04:51 AM07:19 PM05:49 AM – 06:31 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:33 AM – 05:49 AM06:21 PM – 06:37 PM
Tue, Sep 2206:02 AM90° E06:08 PM270° W12h 6m 0s+0m 0s12:05 PM05:40 AM06:29 PM05:15 AM06:54 PM04:50 AM07:19 PM05:48 AM – 06:30 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:32 AM – 05:48 AM06:21 PM – 06:37 PM
Wed, Sep 2306:01 AM90° E06:08 PM269° W12h 7m 0s+1m 0s12:04 PM05:39 AM06:29 PM05:14 AM06:54 PM04:49 AM07:19 PM05:48 AM – 06:29 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:31 AM – 05:48 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Thu, Sep 24 Today06:00 AM91° E06:08 PM269° W12h 8m 0s+1m 0s12:04 PM05:39 AM06:29 PM05:14 AM06:54 PM04:49 AM07:19 PM05:47 AM – 06:28 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:30 AM – 05:47 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Fri, Sep 2505:59 AM91° E06:08 PM269° W12h 9m 0s+1m 0s12:03 PM05:38 AM06:29 PM05:13 AM06:54 PM04:48 AM07:19 PM05:46 AM – 06:28 AM05:39 PM – 06:21 PM05:29 AM – 05:46 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Sat, Sep 2605:58 AM92° E06:08 PM268° W12h 10m 0s+1m 0s12:03 PM05:37 AM06:29 PM05:12 AM06:54 PM04:47 AM07:20 PM05:45 AM – 06:27 AM05:40 PM – 06:21 PM05:29 AM – 05:45 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Sun, Sep 2705:58 AM92° E06:08 PM268° W12h 10m 0s+0m 0s12:03 PM05:36 AM06:30 PM05:11 AM06:55 PM04:46 AM07:20 PM05:44 AM – 06:26 AM05:40 PM – 06:21 PM05:28 AM – 05:44 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Mon, Sep 2805:57 AM92° E06:08 PM267° W12h 11m 0s+1m 0s12:02 PM05:35 AM06:30 PM05:10 AM06:55 PM04:45 AM07:20 PM05:44 AM – 06:25 AM05:40 PM – 06:21 PM05:27 AM – 05:44 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Tue, Sep 2905:56 AM93° E06:08 PM267° W12h 12m 0s+1m 0s12:02 PM05:35 AM06:30 PM05:10 AM06:55 PM04:44 AM07:20 PM05:43 AM – 06:24 AM05:40 PM – 06:21 PM05:26 AM – 05:43 AM06:21 PM – 06:38 PM
Wed, Sep 3005:55 AM93° E06:08 PM267° W12h 13m 0s+1m 0s12:01 PM05:34 AM06:30 PM05:09 AM06:55 PM04:44 AM07:20 PM05:42 AM – 06:24 AM05:40 PM – 06:22 PM05:25 AM – 05:42 AM06:22 PM – 06:38 PM

Tip: pair this calendar with our Day Length, Twilight, and Golden Hour tools for photography and planning.

Brazil Sunrise & Sunset by Month (2026)

This table shows the sunrise, sunset, and day length in Brazil on the 1st of every month, computed with the same NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms used across this site. Day length is longest in January and shortest in July.

MonthSunriseSunsetDay Length
January 105:43 AM06:46 PM13h 3m 0s
February 106:01 AM06:48 PM12h 47m 0s
March 106:11 AM06:35 PM12h 24m 0s
April 106:16 AM06:13 PM11h 57m 0s
May 106:22 AM05:54 PM11h 32m 0s
June 106:32 AM05:47 PM11h 15m 0s
July 106:39 AM05:51 PM11h 12m 0s
August 106:35 AM06:00 PM11h 25m 0s
September 106:18 AM06:06 PM11h 48m 0s
October 105:55 AM06:09 PM12h 14m 0s
November 105:35 AM06:15 PM12h 40m 0s
December 105:30 AM06:29 PM12h 59m 0s
Plan beyond sunrise

Solar Tools for Brazil

Sun CalculatorCustom Lat/LngDay LengthTwilightGolden HourBlue HourDawn & DuskSeasonsMidnight SunSunrise SpotsSunset SpotsSolar TourismTourist GuideManhattanhengeSolar Noon

Brazil Sunrise & Sunset FAQ

Rio experiences 13 hours and 35 minutes of day length in December and 10 hours and 40 minutes in June.
Brazil abolished Daylight Saving Time nationwide in 2019.
Sunrise and sunset in Brazil are calculated daily from its coordinates and the America/Sao_Paulo timezone. Check the live solar cards on this page for today’s exact local times, day length, and the countdown to the next event.
Today the sun rises at 81° E and sets at 279° W in Brazil. Face that compass bearing from an open viewpoint — sunrise is rarely due east, and sunset is rarely due west.
Evening golden hour in Brazil starts about an hour before sunset; evening blue hour follows as the Sun drops below the horizon. Morning windows are listed in the golden hour section on this page.
In 2026, the longest day in Brazil is Dec 16, 2026 with 13h 4m 0s of daylight, and the shortest is Jun 14, 2026 with 11h 11m 0s.
In 2026, the earliest sunrise in Brazil is 05:29 AM on Nov 20, 2026. The latest sunset is 06:50 PM on Jan 18, 2026. The latest sunrise is 06:39 AM on Jun 28, 2026, and the earliest sunset is 05:47 PM on May 23, 2026. These clock-time extremes often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.
No, Brazil maintains a fixed standard time offset year-round and does not observe Daylight Saving Time.