Current time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The current local time in Rio de Janeiro is shown below. Rio de Janeiro observes BRT.
Daylight saving time
Rio de Janeiro does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Standard abbreviation
- BRT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Rio de Janeiro in context
Rio de Janeiro sits on the Atlantic coast of southeastern Brazil between Guanabara Bay and the surrounding mountains that include Corcovado, Sugarloaf, and the Tijuca Forest. The municipal population is around 6.7 million, with the wider metropolitan area at around 13.5 million, the second-largest urban region in Brazil after São Paulo. The dramatic geography of granite peaks rising directly from sandy beaches is unusual among major capital regions globally.
Timezone history of Rio de Janeiro
Rio shares Brasília Time at UTC-3 with São Paulo and the populated southeastern coast of Brazil. The country's three mainland timezones have not been altered since the 2019 nationwide abolition of daylight saving. The result is a fixed year-round offset that widens the time gap with North America and Europe during the southern summer, when those regions shift to their own DST.
Working hours in Rio de Janeiro
Rio's working day runs 09:00 to 18:00, with a noticeably more relaxed pace than São Paulo's and a stronger emphasis on the beach and outdoor culture that shapes much of the city's after-hours life. Carnaval, which culminates in the four-day national holiday weekend in February or March, produces the year's largest single business disruption: most offices effectively close for the entire week. The oil and gas sector based in the downtown Centro district anchors much of the city's white-collar employment.