Prayer Times in São Paulo, Brazil

Praying in São Paulo

One thing to keep in mind about São Paulo: the seasons run opposite to most prayer timetables published online. December and January bring the long days here, while June and July are the short ones — the reverse of what most published guidance assumes.

Today's timetable

The first call comes at 4:01 am, for Fajr. The window stays open until sunrise, 5:22 am. Dhuhr follows at 11:50 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 4:25 pm. Sunset brings Maghrib at 6:18 pm; Isha is the last, at 7:48 pm. That is some 12 hours and 56 minutes between the sun coming up and going down.

How the times are worked out

Calculations come from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib are largely settled across methods; Fajr and Isha are where authorities part company. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. A small gap between this page and your nearest masjid is nothing to worry about; go with theirs.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor ends at Fajr — 4:01 am today — and the fast breaks at Maghrib, 6:18 pm. Around 14 hours and 17 minutes without food or water today. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

The last third of the night

Between Isha at 7:48 pm and Fajr at 4:01 am there are about 8 hours and 13 minutes. If you pray tahajjud, the final third of that stretch is the one to aim for; counting backwards from Fajr is the easier way to locate it.

Finding the qibla

Face east-north-east — roughly 69° on a compass — and you are pointed at the Kaaba. That puts the Kaaba roughly 10,602 km — 6,588 miles — from here.

Elsewhere in Brazil

Brazil has 50 other cities covered on this site. It is worth switching to the right one when you travel — a few hundred kilometres east or west moves Fajr and Maghrib by a noticeable margin.

Prayer times in São Paulo: FAQ

No need to bookmark a timetable: the page recalculates for São Paulo daily.