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San José and São Paulo Time Difference

San José is 3h behind São Paulo

San José

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Costa Rica · America/Costa_Rica · CST

São Paulo

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Brazil · America/Sao_Paulo · GMT-3

Best time for work calls

If you are scheduling a call between San José and São Paulo, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 9 am in San José it is 12 pm in São Paulo — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 2 pm in San José (5 pm in São Paulo). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

Scheduling a family call between San José and São Paulo takes a little planning. San José is 3 hours behind São Paulo, which means there's no window that feels comfortable for everyone at the same time. The most manageable option is early evening in San José — around 7 pm — which puts São Paulo at 10 pm. Someone will need to stretch a little, but at least no one's setting a middle-of-the-night alarm. Weekends tend to give the most flexibility if you can agree on a time in advance.

San José

  • Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica

    Jul 25in 66d
  • Feast of Our Lady of the Angels

    Aug 2in 74d
  • Mother's Day

    Aug 15in 87d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn4:48:30 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:11:00 AM
🌞 Solar Noon11:34:19 AM
🌇 Golden Hour5:28:05 PM
🌆 Sunset5:57:38 PM
🌃 Dusk6:20:09 PM
Day length12:46:37

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition☁️ Overcast
Temperature21°C
Feels like22°C
Humidity79%
Wind6 mph E

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌒 Waxing Crescent
Illumination24%
CycleWaxing
Moon age4.8 days
Moonrise09:59
Moonset22:08

São Paulo

  • Corpus Christi

    Jun 4in 15d
  • Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932

    Jul 9in 50d
  • Independence Day

    Sep 7in 110d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn6:08:36 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:32:35 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:04:29 PM
🌇 Golden Hour5:04:04 PM
🌆 Sunset5:36:23 PM
🌃 Dusk6:00:22 PM
Day length11:03:48

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition🌙 Mainly clear
Temperature15°C
Feels like16°C
Humidity97%
Wind3 mph SE

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌒 Waxing Crescent
Illumination24%
CycleWaxing
Moon age4.8 days
Moonrise11:22
Moonset21:27

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