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CURRENT LOCAL TIME

Time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

· Brasilia Standard Time

UTC−3 · UTC−3—— H FROM YOUAMERICA/SAO_PAULO

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Rio de Janeiro against your time zone

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Rio de Janeiro compared with your time zone, hour by hour, with the working-hour overlap shaded
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Rio de Janeiro time zone facts

IANA time zoneAmerica/Sao_Paulo
Offset nowUTC−3 (UTC−3)
Offset all yearUTC−3 (UTC−3)
Next clock changeNone — this zone does not change clocks
CountryBrazil (BR)
Population6,023,699
Coordinates-22.91, -43.18
Places in this zone167

Best hours to reach Rio de Janeiro

From New York
1 hour behind Rio de Janeiro · their morning
10:00–18:00
09:00–17:00 EDT
From San Francisco
4 hours behind Rio de Janeiro · their morning
13:00–18:00
09:00–14:00 PDT
From Bengaluru
8½ hours ahead of Rio de Janeiro · their afternoon
09:00–10:00
17:00–18:00 IST

Local times in Rio de Janeiro on the left, the caller’s own clock on the right. Computed from the working-hour overlap for today’s offsets.

About time in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro keeps Brasilia Standard Time, UTC−3 from UTC all year. The offset never changes, so any difference between you and Rio de Janeiro moves only when your own clocks do.

Rio de Janeiro shares the zone America/Sao_Paulo with São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, so a time here is also the time there. One canonical page per zone keeps the difference honest: the settlement name changes, the clock does not.

Offsets and daylight saving rules come from the IANA time zone database — see IANA time zone notes for what that data does and does not promise about future dates.

Rio de Janeiro converted to other zones

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COMMON QUESTIONS

What time is it in Rio de Janeiro right now?

The clock at the top of this page reads the current time in Rio de Janeiro to the second. Rio de Janeiro is on Brasilia Standard Time, UTC−3 — the same clock as every other place in the zone America/Sao_Paulo.

Does Rio de Janeiro observe daylight saving time?

No. Rio de Janeiro stays on UTC−3 all year, so the difference between you and Rio de Janeiro only changes when your own clocks do.

What time zone is Rio de Janeiro in?

Rio de Janeiro uses the IANA zone America/Sao_Paulo, currently UTC−3 (UTC−3). Abbreviations are for reading — the zone identifier is the unambiguous name, and it is what you should store in your own systems.

Which other places read the same time as Rio de Janeiro?

São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, Porto Alegre all sit in America/Sao_Paulo, so they read exactly the same clock, daylight saving changes included.