Time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
The current local time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is shown below — the city is in the America/Sao_Paulo time zone (UTC -03:00 · GMT-3).
Rio de Janeiro local time
05:05:24
Saturday, 9 May 2026 GMT-3
Location & Time Zone
Coordinates
22.91° S, 43.17° W
Population: 6,747,815
Time zone
IANA: America/Sao_Paulo
UTC offset: -03:00 · GMT-3 · Brasília Time
Country: Brazil · ISO BR
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