Current Time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷
Lat/Long: 22.91° S, 43.18° W
State: Rio de Janeiro
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil
IANA Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
Timezone: GMT-3
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Time now in other cities in Brazil:
Weather forecast for Rio de Janeiro provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Rio de Janeiro
Sunrise
in Rio de Janeiro
↑
6:34 AM
Sunset
in Rio de Janeiro
↓
5:18 PM
Day Length
10h 43m
Dawn
in Rio de Janeiro
6:09 AM
Dusk
in Rio de Janeiro
5:43 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Rio de Janeiro
Current Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination
98.6%
Next Moonrise
↑
Tomorrow, 17:00
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 06:17
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FAQ — Time in Rio de Janeiro
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 17:04:17 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Rio de Janeiro uses America/Sao_Paulo (-03) — UTC-03:00. The IANA time zone identifier is America/Sao_Paulo, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Rio de Janeiro does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at America/Sao_Paulo (-03) — UTC-03:00 year-round.
Rio de Janeiro is currently -03:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Rio de Janeiro's local time, use our time calculator.
Brazil has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.