Rio de JaneiroBrazil
Current time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Brasilia Standard TimeUTC-03:00
⛶ Full-screen clockRio 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
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 Wednesday, 29 September 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.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Rio de Janeiro
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Rio de Janeiro. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Santa TeresaRio de Janeiro, Brazil1.4 km southwest
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - CateteRio de Janeiro, Brazil2.1 km south
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - EstácioRio de Janeiro, Brazil2.6 km southwest
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - CopacabanaRio de Janeiro, Brazil7 km south
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - NiteróiRio de Janeiro, Brazil8.5 km east
America/Sao_PauloSame local time - IpanemaRio de Janeiro, Brazil8.9 km south
America/Sao_PauloSame local time
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.
View 3 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.