Current time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brasilia Standard Time
UTC−03:00- Time zone
- Brasilia Standard Time · America/Sao_Paulo
- UTC offset now
- UTC−03:00
- Abbreviation
- BRT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC−3 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
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- Location
- Brazil · 22.91° S, 43.18° W
- Population
- 6,747,815
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Rio de Janeiro at about 11:53 standard time: the clock runs about 7 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:36 and 12:07 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:56 | 18:03 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:32 | 17:16 | 10h 44m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 05:42 | 17:48 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 05:04 | 18:37 | 13h 33m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:35–17:51 (12 h 16 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Asunción, Paraguay · 1,490 km
- Montevideo, Uruguay · 1,840 km
- Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1,970 km
- San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina · 2,260 km
- San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina · 2,260 km
- Salta, Argentina · 2,270 km