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São Paulo for remote work

UTC−3 America/Sao_Paulo · UTC−3 all year

Photo: Thomas Hobbs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here
US Pacific team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 14:00–22:00 here
UK team 4–5 h shared 9–5 · their day is 06:00–14:00 here
Central Europe team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 05:00–13:00 here
Price level 46 Low: household prices Brazil-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 11 / 12 February–December

Your team's working day, on São Paulo's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in São Paulo; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 11:00–19:00
6 h
US Pacific 14:00–22:00
3 h
UK 06:00–14:00
5 h
Central Europe 05:00–13:00
4 h

Brazil does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h
Feb6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h
Mar6–7 h awake 8 h3–4 h awake 8 h4–5 h awake 6–7 h3–4 h awake 5–6 h
Apr7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
May7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Jun7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Jul7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Aug7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Sep7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4 h awake 6 h3 h awake 5 h
Oct7 h awake 8 h4 h awake 8 h4–5 h awake 6–7 h3–4 h awake 5–6 h
Nov6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h
Dec6 h awake 8 h3 h awake 8 h5 h awake 7 h4 h awake 6 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Fair (6.0), high 26°C26°JanFebruary: Good (6.5), high 27°C27°FebMarch: Good (7.3), high 26°C26°MarApril: Great (9.5), high 24°C24°AprMay: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°JunJuly: Great (10.0), high 21°C21°JulAugust: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°AugSeptember: Great (10.0), high 23°C23°SepOctober: Great (9.0), high 24°C24°OctNovember: Great (8.2), high 25°C25°NovDecember: Good (6.9), high 26°C26°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan26°C18°C272 mm19°C muggy13.3 h6.0
Feb27°C18°C212 mm19°C muggy12.8 h6.5
Mar26°C17°C163 mm18°C muggy12.2 h7.3
Apr24°C15°C60 mm16°C sticky11.4 h9.5
May22°C13°C50 mm14°C comfortable10.9 h10.0
Jun22°C12°C40 mm12°C comfortable10.6 h10.0
Jul21°C11°C40 mm11°C comfortable10.7 h10.0
Aug22°C12°C36 mm12°C comfortable11.2 h10.0
Sep23°C13°C61 mm14°C comfortable11.9 h10.0
Oct24°C15°C120 mm16°C comfortable12.6 h9.0
Nov25°C16°C141 mm17°C sticky13.2 h8.2
Dec26°C17°C185 mm18°C muggy13.4 h6.9

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
11,904,961 (2025)
Elevation
760 m
Airports
São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), 21 km
Congonhas-São Paulo Airport (CGH), 9 km
Campo de Marte Airport (RTE), 5 km
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Brazil's official government or embassy website.
Read more
São Paulo on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-28. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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