São Paulo is 1 to 2 hours ahead of Miami, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 14 hours awake at the same time, and 4 hours of those are outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 15 hours shared, 6 hours free). Here are the good ones.
São Paulo is 2 hours ahead of Miami that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 14 hours, and 4 hours of those are outside work for both of you.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in Miami time, with each zone’s own daylight-saving rules for those dates. São Paulo awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays; Miami awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in Miami timeboth awake
Miamiawake 7 am – 11 pm
São Pauloawake 7 am – 9 pm and 5 – 7 am Miami time
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Best on a weekday
6 – 8 pm Miami
8 – 10 pm São Paulo · Miami early evening, São Paulo evening
Another weekday option
3 – 5 pm Miami
5 – 7 pm São Paulo · Miami afternoon, São Paulo early evening · during Miami’s work hours
The long weekend call
Sat 5 – 8 pm Miami
Sat 7 – 10 pm São Paulo · Miami early evening, São Paulo evening
The week · Miami time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
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8a
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10a
11a
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Mon
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
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8p
9p
10p
11p
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Tue
9a
10a
11a
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11p
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Wed
9a
10a
11a
12p
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7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
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Thu
9a
10a
11a
12p
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6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
Fri
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
Sat
9a
10a
11a
12p
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9p
10p
11p
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Sun
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10a
11a
12p
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7p
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12a
Columns are Miami hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in São Paulo. both freeboth awake, one at workSão Paulo asleep
The São Paulo–Miami gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 13 March
São Paulo is 2 hours ahead of Miami
14 March – 6 November
São Paulo is 1 hour ahead of Miami
7 November – 31 December
São Paulo is 2 hours ahead of Miami
The week grid and call windows were worked out for 11 Jan to 17 Jan 2027 with the IANA time-zone rules for America/Sao_Paulo (São Paulo) and America/New_York (Miami). That week Miami is on standard time and São Paulo keeps the same time all year. The table uses the same rules for every day of 2027. The finder above recalculates for the current week in your browser.
When it is … in Miami
In Miami
São Paulo, January
São Paulo, July
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11 am
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noon
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Wednesday times. Send times as “your 8 pm” or “my 8 pm” so nobody has to guess whose clock you mean.
Stop doing the math every day
The Long Goodbye keeps your person’s local time and time of day on your home-screen widget and lock screen, so you can see whether it is morning coffee or midnight in São Paulo before you call. A “thinking of you” tap lights up their widget, and a countdown keeps the next visit in view.
What is the time difference between São Paulo and Miami?
São Paulo is 1 to 2 hours ahead of Miami, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 2 hours from 1 January to 13 March and from 7 November to 31 December; 1 hour from 14 March to 6 November.
What is the best time to call São Paulo from Miami?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 6 – 8 pm Miami, which is 8 – 10 pm São Paulo: Miami early evening, São Paulo evening. At the weekend, Sat 5 – 8 pm Miami (Sat 7 – 10 pm São Paulo) gives you a longer call. Change the awake and work hours in the finder on this page to fit your own days.
How many waking hours do São Paulo and Miami share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 14 hours on a January weekday, and 4 hours of them fall outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 15 hours shared and 6 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 Miami changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November and São Paulo does not change its clocks, so a call you keep at the same time in Miami moves by an hour in São Paulo on those dates. Check the table on this page and agree the new time out loud after each change.