See the ISS from Sao Paulo, Brazil

The International Space Station is visible from Sao Paulo 2 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Tue 3 Nov at 18:56 (faint, 11° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Tue 3 Nov
18:55–18:57
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the WNW
Disappears NW, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
04:22–04:23
Faint
mag -0.6
Appears NE, 10° up
Highest 10° up in the ENE
Disappears ENE, 10° up

Times are local to Sao Paulo (America/Sao Paulo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Sao Paulo: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Brazil

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.