DST ends in Brazil on 17th Feb 2013

The parts of Brazil that use daylight saving time will switch back to standard time on Sunday 17 February 2013, at midnight between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks go back one hour, to 11 p.m. on Saturday 16 February 2013.^[1]

According to Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy, daylight saving time (DST) cuts electricity use by about 5% at peak hours and by about 0.5% overall.

The states that go back to standard time (state capital - state):

• Cuiabá - Mato Grosso
• Campo Grande - Mato Grosso do Sul
• Palmas - Tocantins
• Goiânia - Goiás
• Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais
• Vitória - Espírito Santo
• Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - São Paulo
• Curitiba - Paraná
• Florianópolis - Santa Catarina
• Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul
• Brasília - Federal District

Update, 26 October 2026: Brazil abolished daylight saving time by a presidential decree in 2019,^[2] and there is none in 2026/2027 either.^[3] Since then, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo keep UTC-3 all year, and Cuiabá and Campo Grande keep UTC-4.^[1] See also: Brazil moves to standard time on Feb 16, 2014.