Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil uses America/Sao_Paulo, currently -03 (UTC-03:00). No clock changes are scheduled in the next 12 months.
Pelotas is a city in Brazil, home to around 336,200 people. It keeps the same time year-round, with no daylight saving changes.
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Pelotas lies in southern Rio Grande do Sul near the Lagoa dos Patos, and grew wealthy in the nineteenth century from the dried-beef trade. That wealth left a centre of ornate mansions and public buildings unusual for a city of its size.
The neoclassical and eclectic architecture around the central square is the city's distinction, along with the surviving charqueada estates outside the town. Pelotas is famous throughout Brazil for its sweets, a tradition brought by Portuguese settlers, and the confectionery shops are a destination in themselves.
The centre is walkable and buses cover the city. Road connections run north toward Porto Alegre and south toward the Uruguayan border.
The far south of Brazil has a genuinely temperate climate with warm summers and cool, damp winters that can feel cold. Spring and autumn are the most comfortable.
Brazil uses the BRL, calling code +55.
Brazil uses the real, and Portuguese is the language, with Spanish also understood near the border. The gaúcho manner is direct and hospitable, and chimarrão is shared socially. Cards are accepted everywhere.
