Current time in Rio de Janeiro
Live local time, date and time zone information for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Current time in Rio de Janeiro
11:12:26
America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00
Time zone in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil and uses the America/Sao_Paulo time zone. Rio de Janeiro does not observe daylight saving time, so it stays on Brasilia Standard Time (UTC-03:00) all year.
Sunrise and sunset in Rio de Janeiro
Sun and clock in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro sits almost exactly on the meridian its time zone is built around, so the clock and the sun agree here about as closely as they do anywhere: averaged over the year, solar noon falls at 11:53 by the standard clock, within 7 minutes of twelve.
Daylight through the year in Rio de Janeiro
At 22.9°S latitude, Rio de Janeiro sees its longest day around the December solstice, when the sun is above the horizon for about 13 h 32 m. The shortest day comes six months later at roughly 10 h 44 m, a swing of about 2 h 49 m between midsummer and midwinter.
Within the tropics the sun passes directly overhead twice a year, and the seasonal change in day length stays under 2 h 49 m.
Seasons are reversed south of the equator. On the December solstice, midsummer here, the sun rises in Rio de Janeiro at about 05:04 and sets at about 18:37; on the June solstice, midwinter, it rises at about 06:32 and sets at about 17:16.
When the clocks change in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro does not change its clocks. The offset stays at UTC-03:00 every day of the year, so a time arranged here means the same thing in January as it does in July. That makes Rio de Janeiro a straightforward place to schedule against — there is no window in the calendar where a recurring meeting quietly shifts by an hour.
Of the cities compared further down this page, New York, London and Sydney do change their clocks, so their difference from Rio de Janeiro moves by an hour twice a year; Dubai, New Delhi, Singapore and Tokyo do not, so those differences never change.
Calling Rio de Janeiro from another time zone
A working day of roughly 09:00 to 17:00 in Rio de Janeiro corresponds to 12:00–20:00 UTC. To find the equivalent window where you are, add your own offset to those hours: somewhere on UTC+00:00 would be looking at 12:00–20:00.
Taking a working day as 09:00 to 17:00 in each place:
- New York’s working day overlaps with Rio de Janeiro’s for 7 hours, from 10:00 to 17:00 Rio de Janeiro time.
- London overlaps for only 4 hours, from 09:00 to 13:00 Rio de Janeiro time — late in the day at one end and early at the other.
- Tokyo has no overlap at all: when it is 09:00 there, it is already 21:00 in Rio de Janeiro, so a call means an early start or a late finish for someone.
These windows use the offsets in force on 2026-10-09; where one side observes daylight saving and the other does not, they move by an hour twice a year.
Time difference from your location
Rio de Janeiro is currently on UTC-03:00. Once the page has loaded, this section compares it with the time zone your browser reports.
Rio de Janeiro compared with other cities
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Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep America/Sao_Paulo time: São Paulo. Their clocks match Rio de Janeiro’s exactly, including any daylight saving change. The nearest listed city on a different zone identifier is Buenos Aires, about 1970 km away on America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, which shows the same clock time as Rio de Janeiro today.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-10-09. Sun times: NOAA solar equations for 22.91°S, 43.17°W, flat horizon at sea level.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Rio de Janeiro in?
Rio de Janeiro uses the America/Sao_Paulo time zone — Brasilia Standard Time, UTC-03:00.
Does Rio de Janeiro use daylight saving time?
Rio de Janeiro does not observe daylight saving time, so it stays on Brasilia Standard Time (UTC-03:00) all year.
What is the UTC offset for Rio de Janeiro?
The standard offset is UTC-03:00 all year. The clock at the top of this page shows the offset that applies right now.
What is the time difference between Rio de Janeiro and my location?
The section above compares Rio de Janeiro with your own time zone as detected by your browser, and the table lists the difference against major cities worldwide.