New York to São Paulo: time difference and meeting times
Everything you need to schedule between New York and São Paulo — the current offset, both cities' daylight saving dates, and the hour-by-hour overlap of their working days.
8 hours of full overlap. Both cities are inside normal working hours (09:00–17:59 local) at 13:00–21:00 UTC. Any hour in that range works for both sides without anyone starting early or finishing late.
Hour by hour
| UTC | New York | Status | São Paulo | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 20:00 prev day | Evening | 21:00 prev day | Late night |
| 01:00 | 21:00 prev day | Late night | 22:00 prev day | Late night |
| 02:00 | 22:00 prev day | Late night | 23:00 prev day | Late night |
| 03:00 | 23:00 prev day | Late night | 00:00 | Asleep |
| 04:00 | 00:00 | Asleep | 01:00 | Asleep |
| 05:00 | 01:00 | Asleep | 02:00 | Asleep |
| 06:00 | 02:00 | Asleep | 03:00 | Asleep |
| 07:00 | 03:00 | Asleep | 04:00 | Asleep |
| 08:00 | 04:00 | Asleep | 05:00 | Asleep |
| 09:00 | 05:00 | Asleep | 06:00 | Early morning |
| 10:00 | 06:00 | Early morning | 07:00 | Early morning |
| 11:00 | 07:00 | Early morning | 08:00 | Early morning |
| 12:00 | 08:00 | Early morning | 09:00 | Working hours |
| 13:00 | 09:00 | Working hours | 10:00 | Working hours |
| 14:00 | 10:00 | Working hours | 11:00 | Working hours |
| 15:00 | 11:00 | Working hours | 12:00 | Working hours |
| 16:00 | 12:00 | Working hours | 13:00 | Working hours |
| 17:00 | 13:00 | Working hours | 14:00 | Working hours |
| 18:00 | 14:00 | Working hours | 15:00 | Working hours |
| 19:00 | 15:00 | Working hours | 16:00 | Working hours |
| 20:00 | 16:00 | Working hours | 17:00 | Working hours |
| 21:00 | 17:00 | Working hours | 18:00 | Evening |
| 22:00 | 18:00 | Evening | 19:00 | Evening |
| 23:00 | 19:00 | Evening | 20:00 | Evening |
Green rows are hours when both cities are inside core working hours (09:00–17:59 local). Amber rows are hours when both are awake but at least one is in the early morning or evening. Times shown are for 27 August 2026; the pattern shifts when either city changes its clocks.
Quick conversions
| When it is… | …it is |
|---|---|
| 09:00 in New York | 10:00 in São Paulo |
| 12:00 in New York | 13:00 in São Paulo |
| 15:00 in New York | 16:00 in São Paulo |
| 17:00 in New York | 18:00 in São Paulo |
Daylight saving
New York next moves its clocks back on 1 November 2026, to UTC−5. São Paulo does not observe daylight saving — this offset is fixed all year.
Only one side changes its clocks
New York observes daylight saving and São Paulo does not. The difference between these two cities is therefore not constant — it changes twice a year, entirely because of the New York side. A recurring meeting fixed to local time in São Paulo will appear to move by an hour in New York, and vice versa.
Scheduling across this corridor
Latin America and North America share most of the working day — the offsets are small and the overlap is generous. What makes this corridor deceptively tricky is daylight saving. Mexico abolished most seasonal clock changes in 2022 and Brazil abandoned its own in 2019, while the United States and Canada still shift twice a year. The gap between these cities is therefore not the same in January as it is in July, even though it feels like it should be.
About New York
New York is the reference clock for North American business scheduling — when a US company says "9am ET" without qualification, this is the zone they mean. It observes daylight saving from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, which is three weeks longer than the European season and the source of the annual transatlantic confusion. The working day starts early by European standards and calls before 9am local are common.
About São Paulo
São Paulo dropped daylight saving in 2019 after decades of observing it, and now holds a fixed offset all year. Brazilian business hours run late by northern standards, with meetings after 6pm local unremarkable. Because Brazil no longer shifts while Europe and North America do, the gap to both changes twice a year.
Add more cities
This page covers two cities. If your team spans three or more, open the interactive grid — it shows every city's working hours side by side and highlights the columns where everyone overlaps.
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Related time differences
Intl API and were last generated on 27 August 2026. See how we calculate these figures.