How Much Does It Cost to Call Brazil from the United States?
Calling Brazil from the United States with Kinvo costs $0.10 per minute to landlines and $0.20 per minute to mobile phones, plus a one-time $0.05 connection fee when the call is answered. There is no subscription and credits never expire. Rates checked September 10, 2026.
The rate is set by the destination, not by where you are calling from: a call to Brazilcosts the same from New York as from anywhere else. What changes with the origin is the time difference and how the number is dialled, both covered below.
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What $5, $10 and $20 buy
| Top-up | Brazil landline ($0.10/min) | Brazil mobile ($0.20/min) |
|---|---|---|
| $5 | about 49 minutes | about 24 minutes |
| $10 | about 99 minutes | about 49 minutes |
| $20 | about 199 minutes | about 99 minutes |
Minutes are after the $0.05 connection fee and rounded down. Kinvo bills whole minutes; unused credit stays in your account.
Cost by call length
| Call length | To a landline | To a mobile |
|---|---|---|
| 5 minutes | $0.55 | $1.05 |
| 10 minutes | $1.05 | $2.05 |
| 30 minutes | $3.05 | $6.05 |
| 60 minutes | $6.05 | $12.05 |
Each figure is the per-minute rate times the length plus the one-time $0.05 connection fee. Unanswered calls are free.
Time difference and when to call
Sao Paulo is 2 hours ahead of New York. A good window is 7 AM–7 PM New York time, which is 9 AM–9 PM in Sao Paulo.
US Eastern (UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer); Brazil is UTC-3 to UTC-5 (Brasilia to Acre). Times below use US Eastern; subtract 1 hour for Central, 2 for Mountain, 3 for Pacific. Brazil spans several time zones; the difference above uses its most populous one.
How to dial Brazil from the United States
- In Kinvo, enter +55 followed by the number, dropping the leading 0 that Brazil numbers carry domestically. For example: +55 11 91234 5678.
- From a regular American phone you would dial 011 55 11 91234 5678 — the browser skips the exit code because it dials in international format directly.
- Brazil mobile numbers start with 9 after the country code, which is how Kinvo picks the mobile rate.
Brazilian numbers include a 2-digit area code (DDD). Mobile numbers have 9 digits starting with 9, while landlines have 8 digits. When calling mobiles, dial +55 (area code) 9XXXX-XXXX. Brazil spans four time zones, with most of the population in UTC-3 (Brasilia time).
Full dialing guide: how to call Brazil. Number formats and area codes: Brazil country code. All rates: Brazil calling rates.
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