Brazil
Time now in Piracuruca
Sunrise 05:50Sunset 05:50Time zone UTC −3
Time zone
America/Fortaleza
UTC offset
UTC −3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
27,548
Sunrise
05:50
Sunset
05:50
Day length
12h 00m
Coordinates
-3.87, -41.74
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About the time in Piracuruca
The zone identifier America/Fortaleza is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Fortaleza keeps pointing at Fortaleza time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Piracuruca sits at latitude -3.87, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 00m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Piracuruca runs on America/Fortaleza, which puts the city UTC −3 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Piracuruca
- When do the sun rise and set in Piracuruca today?
- Sunrise is at 05:50 and sunset at 05:50, giving 12h 00m of daylight.
- What time is it in Piracuruca right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Piracuruca, updating every second from America/Fortaleza (UTC −3).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Piracuruca?
- Piracuruca is UTC −3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Piracuruca in?
- Piracuruca uses America/Fortaleza, currently UTC −3.
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