Brazil
Time now in Sobral
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:42Sunset 05:43Time zone UTC −3
Time zone
America/Fortaleza
UTC offset
UTC −3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
210,711
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
05:43
Day length
12h 01m
Coordinates
-3.86, -40.04
Time difference from Sobral
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Sobral right now.
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About the time in Sobral
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.
Sobral 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.
Around 210,711 people live in Sobral, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Sobral
- When do the sun rise and set in Sobral today?
- Sunrise is at 05:42 and sunset at 05:43, giving 12h 01m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Sobral in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Sobral runs from 12:00–20:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Sobral?
- Sobral is UTC −3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Sobral right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Sobral, updating every second from America/Fortaleza (UTC −3).
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