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Current time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Monday, 10 August 2026

Brasilia Standard TimeUTC-03:00

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Rio de Janeiro time at a glance

Country
Brazil
Location
City in Brazil
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
UTC offset now
UTC-03:00
Current zone label
GMT-3
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Rio de Janeiro

Conditions near Rio de Janeiro and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

20°C

Light rain

Feels like
20°C
Humidity
88%
Wind
14.4 km/h S
Recent precipitation
0.8 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Light rain shower19°C to 22°C89% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.4 km/h
  2. Light rain shower18°C to 19°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.1 km/h
  3. Cloudy18°C to 23°C11% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.1 km/h

Forecast valid from 16:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T19:35:13.743Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T19:50:13.743Z.

Time-zone identity for Rio de Janeiro

IANA zone
America/Sao_Paulo
UTC offset now
UTC-03:00
Current zone label
GMT-3
Clock-change status
No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Rio de Janeiro is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Rio de Janeiro

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 15 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Rio de Janeiro

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Sao_Paulo, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.

Next 5 years

No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Location context

About Rio de Janeiro

Location details for Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Administrative area
Brazil
Population
6,747,815
Coordinates
22.9064° S, 43.1822° W. The elevation is 12 metres.

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Sources for Rio de Janeiro time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.