What is the time difference between New York and São Paulo?
São Paulo is 1 hour ahead of New York today. New York is on UTC−4, São Paulo on UTC−3. The difference changes on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
New York to São Paulo: time difference and best time to meet
São Paulo is 1 hour ahead of New York right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in New York, it is 10:00 AM in São Paulo. The green band on each scale is the working day, 9 AM to 6 PM. Drag a scale until both bands sit on the red line.
Hours that work for both
Both cities are inside a 9-to-6 working day 9:00 AM–5:00 PM in New York (10:00 AM–6:00 PM in São Paulo) — 8 hours in total.
New YorkSão Paulo
12:00 AM1:00 AM
1:00 AM2:00 AM
2:00 AM3:00 AM
3:00 AM4:00 AM
4:00 AM5:00 AM
5:00 AM6:00 AM
6:00 AM7:00 AM
7:00 AM8:00 AM
8:00 AM9:00 AM
9:00 AM10:00 AM
10:00 AM11:00 AM
11:00 AM12:00 PM
12:00 PM1:00 PM
1:00 PM2:00 PM
2:00 PM3:00 PM
3:00 PM4:00 PM
4:00 PM5:00 PM
5:00 PM6:00 PM
6:00 PM7:00 PM
7:00 PM8:00 PM
8:00 PM9:00 PM
9:00 PM10:00 PM
10:00 PM11:00 PM
11:00 PM12:00 AMnext day
both at work both awake
When the difference changes
New York and São Paulo do not change their clocks on the same day, so the difference is not always 1 hour:
- from Sunday, November 1, 2026 it is 2 hours (was 1 hour)
- from Sunday, March 14, 2027 it is 1 hour (was 2 hours)
The scales above already follow these dates: drag to any day in the next two weeks and the difference shown is the one for that day.
Questions
What is the best time for a call between New York and São Paulo?
During working hours for both: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM in New York (10:00 AM–6:00 PM in São Paulo). That is 8 hours of shared working time.
When it is 9:00 AM in New York, what time is it in São Paulo?
10:00 AM. And when it is 9:00 AM in São Paulo, it is 8:00 AM in New York.
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