US-Brazil Time Difference After Nov. 1, 2026: New York Is 2 Hours Behind São Paulo

When U.S. clocks fall back at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, New York goes from 1 hour to 2 hours behind São Paulo and Brasília, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) rule for the U.S. side. Brazil does not move its clocks, so the whole one-hour change lands in the United States. A one-page printable US-Brazil time converter is on this page for your desk.

The figures below are our calculation from the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offsets.

Does Brazil change its clocks on Nov. 1, 2026?

No. Brazil has not observed daylight saving time (DST) since 2019. The time zone database that phones and computers use, kept by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), records a note dated April 25, 2019: “Brazil no longer has DST changes - decree signed today.” The database links the text of Decree 9,772 on the Brazilian presidency’s website. Its zone for São Paulo, America/Sao_Paulo, sits at UTC-3 all year.

The U.S. side does change. NIST says that “during 2026, daylight saving time is in effect from March 8 at 2 a.m. (local time) to November 1 at 2 a.m. (local time).” Eastern Time (ET) goes from Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4) to Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5), and the other zones move the same way. See our report on the U.S. change for the full rule.

Brasília Time: which part of Brazil is 2 hours ahead of New York?

Most of Brazil uses UTC-3, which we call Brasília Time (BRT) here. The IANA file lists four offsets for Brazil, and all four are fixed year-round:

Brazil zone (IANA name)	UTC offset	Places in the IANA file
Fernando de Noronha time (America/Noronha)	UTC-2	Fernando de Noronha islands
Brasília time (America/Sao_Paulo)	UTC-3	São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília; the file also lists Bahia, Recife, Fortaleza and Belém at UTC-3
Amazon time (America/Manaus, America/Campo_Grande, America/Cuiaba)	UTC-4	Manaus, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso
Acre time (America/Rio_Branco)	UTC-5	Acre

The gap to New York depends on which Brazilian zone you call. From Nov. 1, Noronha is 3 hours ahead of New York, Brasília time 2 hours, Amazon time 1 hour, and Acre time has the same clock time as New York. Before Nov. 1 each gap was 1 hour smaller, so Acre was 1 hour behind New York and Amazon time matched it.

How far ahead of each U.S. zone is Brazil?

U.S. zone	UTC offset until Oct. 31 / from Nov. 1	Brasília ahead until Oct. 31	Brasília ahead from Nov. 1
Eastern (New York)	UTC-4 / UTC-5	1 hour	2 hours
Central (Chicago)	UTC-5 / UTC-6	2 hours	3 hours
Mountain (Denver)	UTC-6 / UTC-7	3 hours	4 hours
Pacific (Los Angeles)	UTC-7 / UTC-8	4 hours	5 hours
Alaska (Anchorage)	UTC-8 / UTC-9	5 hours	6 hours
Arizona (Mountain Standard Time all year)	UTC-7 / UTC-7	4 hours	4 hours
Hawaii	UTC-10 / UTC-10	7 hours	7 hours

NIST says that “DST is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the state of Arizona” with the exception of the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe it. So Arizona and Hawaii keep their gap with Brazil, apart from the Navajo Nation in Arizona, which follows the Nov. 1 change.

For the three other Brazilian zones, add or subtract one hour per step. This table shows each zone against each U.S. zone from Nov. 1 until U.S. daylight saving time starts again:

U.S. zone (from Nov. 1)	Noronha (UTC-2)	Brasília (UTC-3)	Amazon (UTC-4)	Acre (UTC-5)
Eastern, EST	3 hours ahead	2 hours ahead	1 hour ahead	same time
Central, CST (UTC-6)	4 hours ahead	3 hours ahead	2 hours ahead	1 hour ahead
Mountain, MST (UTC-7)	5 hours ahead	4 hours ahead	3 hours ahead	2 hours ahead
Pacific, PST (UTC-8)	6 hours ahead	5 hours ahead	4 hours ahead	3 hours ahead
Alaska (UTC-9)	7 hours ahead	6 hours ahead	5 hours ahead	4 hours ahead
Hawaii (UTC-10)	8 hours ahead	7 hours ahead	6 hours ahead	5 hours ahead

What time is it in São Paulo when it is 9 a.m. in New York?

From Nov. 1, 2026, 9 a.m. ET is 11 a.m. in São Paulo on the same day. For California, 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) is 2 p.m. in São Paulo. The table converts common times and shows where the date flips (each row checked against the UTC offsets, valid from Nov. 1).

U.S. time	São Paulo time (Brasília)
7 a.m. ET	9 a.m., same day
9 a.m. ET	11 a.m., same day
12 p.m. ET	2 p.m., same day
5 p.m. ET	7 p.m., same day
10 p.m. ET	12 a.m., next day
7 a.m. PT	12 p.m., same day
9 a.m. PT	2 p.m., same day
8 p.m. PT	1 a.m., next day

Going the other way, 9 a.m. in São Paulo is 7 a.m. ET, and 6 p.m. in São Paulo is 4 p.m. ET.

How much of a 9-to-5 workday do New York and São Paulo share?

Taking 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time in both cities as the workday (our assumption for the guide, not an official rule), this is the overlap in the cities’ clocks:

Zone pair	Overlap until Oct. 31	Overlap from Nov. 1
New York and São Paulo	9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET (7 hours)	9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET (6 hours)
Chicago and São Paulo	9 a.m. to 3 p.m. CT (6 hours)	9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT (5 hours)
Los Angeles and São Paulo	9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT (4 hours)	9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT (3 hours)

From Nov. 1, a New York 9 a.m. start is 11 a.m. in São Paulo, and a São Paulo 5 p.m. finish is 3 p.m. in New York. A standing call at 10 a.m. in São Paulo moves from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m. ET on Nov. 1; on Brazil’s clocks nothing changes. Phones update automatically when the automatic time zone setting is on, but a calendar invite fixed in U.S. time needs a manual check.

How does this affect the São Paulo Grand Prix weekend?

Our São Paulo Grand Prix schedule gives the Formula 1 (F1) race on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at 2 p.m. São Paulo time, which is 12 p.m. EST, by that story’s conversion. It matches the 2-hour gap above. For the Mexico side of the clock change, see our Mexico time-difference story.

When does the gap change again?

Under 15 U.S.C. 260a, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday of March, which is Sunday, March 14, 2027 (our calculation). New York will then be 1 hour behind São Paulo again, as long as Brazil keeps its zones unchanged. Read when daylight saving time starts again on March 14 for the 2027 dates.

Brazil call checklist for Nov. 1

• Find your U.S. zone in the first table and add the hours to São Paulo time.
• Recheck any recurring call with Brazil: for every U.S. zone that changes, it moves one hour earlier on U.S. clocks.
• Mark Nov. 1 on a November 2026 printable calendar or a printable weekly calendar.