🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
09
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
Cape Town to Brazil: time difference
Brazil is 5 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
Drag along the band to read any hour in every place at once.
Cape Town 04:27 4:27 AM Brazil 23:27 11:27 PM You –:–
04:27 4:27 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
23:27 11:27 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:34 · 🌙 18:18
·
−5 h
Brazil is 5 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Brazil are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇿🇦 Cape Town
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇧🇷 Brazil
19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM
📍 Your time
- Asleep
- Early
- Working hours
- Evening
- Both working
- Right now
Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Cape Town | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 04:27 | 23:27 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Brasilia Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC-3 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −5 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | America/Sao Paulo |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 05:34 |
| Sunset | 19:19 | 18:18 |
| Daylight | 13 h 37 min | 12 h 44 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 203,062,512 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
More comparisons with Cape Town: the time zones next to it and the far side of the clock.
Big time differences
Cape Town and Brazil: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Brazil?
The clocks in Brazil are 5 hours behind those in Cape Town (UTC−3 and UTC+2).
What time is it in Brazil when it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town?
When it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, it is 4:00 AM in Brazil.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Brazil?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Brazil show 1:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Brazil from Cape Town?
Between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Brazil – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
Until what time in Cape Town is it still yesterday in Brazil?
Before 5:00 AM in Cape Town, the date in Brazil has not changed yet. From 7:00 PM in Brazil, it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Does the time gap between Cape Town and Brazil change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Cape Town nor in Brazil, so the gap is 5 hours all year round.
