Time in Rio de Janeiro
It is 23:28 on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 in Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil. Civil time uses the IANA zone America/Sao_Paulo at -03:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Rio de Janeiro shares America/Sao_Paulo with São Paulo and no longer changes clocks for daylight saving. The civil offset stays UTC−03:00 year-round.
Business and media days often start near 09:00. For call planning, Rio matches São Paulo on the clock — use the city page for local context, not a different zone.
Broadcast clocks for Brazilian TV follow Brasília time, which matches this IANA zone today. Do not add a Rio-only DST rule to a calendar imported from old Windows zones.
Rio de Janeiro time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC-03:00
- IANA
- America/Sao_Paulo
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is currently on its standard offset. Rio de Janeiro does not change its clocks. The offset stays -03:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Rio de Janeiro today
The sun rises at 05:48 and sets at 17:47, giving 11 h 59 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:47, 12 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because Rio de Janeiro sits east of the 45° W meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 05:48
- Sunset
- 17:47
- Daylight
- 11 h 59 m
- Solar noon
- 11:47Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Rio de Janeiro
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Rio de Janeiro and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Rio de Janeiro
These cities share America/Sao_Paulo, so they show the same civil time as Rio de Janeiro right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Rio de Janeiro
- Population
- 6,211,223The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Rio de Janeiro State
- Coordinates
- 22.9111° S, 43.2056° WLatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Calling code
- +55Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Airports
- GIGRio de Janeiro/Galeão InternationalSDUSantos DumontArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Rio de Janeiro local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Rio de Janeiro
- What time is it in Rio de Janeiro right now?
- It is 23:28 in Rio de Janeiro as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Rio de Janeiro uses the IANA zone America/Sao_Paulo, currently -03:00.
- Which time zone is Rio de Janeiro in?
- Rio de Janeiro uses America/Sao_Paulo, which is currently -03:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Rio de Janeiro observe daylight saving time?
- No. Rio de Janeiro stays on -03:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Rio de Janeiro ahead of or behind UTC?
- Rio de Janeiro is currently at -03:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Rio de Janeiro is 09:00.
Well-known places in Rio de Janeiro
If you are checking the time in Rio de Janeiro because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Christ the RedeemerRead more on Wikipedia
- Museu NacionalRead more on Wikipedia
- Tijuca National ParkRead more on Wikipedia