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Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
10:24:44 AMTuesday, April 28, 2026 · America/Sao_Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Second-largest city in Brazil
Hora local actual
10:24:44 AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Zona horaria
BRT
America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00
Próximo festivo
Labour Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
2 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Rio de Janeiro right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
SDU
Santos Dumont Airport · 2 km
Aeropuertos indexados
15
Curated airport references available for Brasil
Snapshot at render time: 10:24:44 AM on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro (UTC-03:00, BRT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 118
Days Remaining
247
Current weather
28°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 32°C · Humidity 72% · Wind 6 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:11 AM to 05:29 PM
Day length 11h 18m · Solar noon 11:50 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Rio de Janeiro local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
6.7M
Coordinates
-22.91, -43.18
Timezone
America/Sao_Paulo
Aeropuertos indexados
15
Capital
Brasília
Languages
Portuguese
Currency
BRL (R$)
Country area
8,515,767 km²
For Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (rank #2 by population in this dataset) reads BRT, UTC-03:00 on the IANA zone America/Sao_Paulo, and the city's roughly 6.7M residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Rio de Janeiro sits at 22.91°S, 43.18°W; that's the tropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~2543 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 06:11 AM and sets around 05:29 PM in Rio de Janeiro — about 11h 18m of daylight. Brasil stays on standard time here, so UTC-03:00 is stable through the year.
Santa Teresa (1 km from Rio de Janeiro) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 15 curated airport pages indexed for Brasil.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Timezone
BRT
IANA Zone
America/Sao Paulo
UTC Offset
UTC-03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 118
Days Remaining
247
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC-03:00
Argentina, Canada, Bermuda, Greenland, Brazil, Antarctica, Chile, Falkland Islands
Other cities in this timezone
London
+4h
New York
-1h
Los Angeles
-4h
Dubai
+7h
Singapore
+11h
Tokyo
+12h
Sydney
+13h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil after São Paulo and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
Reading Rio de Janeiro against the global hubs: São Paulo (~360 km), New York (~7,759 km), London (~9,278 km) are the close ones, with Tokyo (~18,569 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Rio de Janeiro sits inside Brasil — the South America subregion, capital Brasília, languages Portuguese, currency BRL (R$).
The closest mapped neighbors of Rio de Janeiro are Santa Teresa (1 km), Catete (2 km), Estácio (3 km), Niterói (8 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Rio de Janeiro: Labour Day, Corpus Christi, Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Brasil.
Closest curated airport references from Rio de Janeiro: SDU Rio de Janeiro (2 km), GIG Rio De Janeiro (13 km), GRU São Paulo (341 km).
In 2004, CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
Brazil is not one simple clock story, and pages should explain the spread between Brasília time and western states.
Santos Dumont AirportSDU
Rio de Janeiro · 2 km from Rio de Janeiro
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 45m
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportGIG
Rio De Janeiro · 13 km from Rio de Janeiro
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportGRU
São Paulo · 341 km from Rio de Janeiro
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 11m
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportCGH
São Paulo · 364 km from Rio de Janeiro
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Tancredo Neves International AirportCNF
Belo Horizonte · 373 km from Rio de Janeiro
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 14m
Exchange snapshot
1 BRL = 0.171 EUR · 1 BRL = 0.148 GBP · 1 BRL = 0.201 USD
As of 2026-04-27
On this day
2004: CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
1996: Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
1996: Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
Coordination pulse
2 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:24 PM | +4h | Good to call now |
| New York | 09:24 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 06:24 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:24 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:24 PM | +11h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:24 PM | +12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:24 PM | +13h | Check the overlap widget below |
Santos Dumont AirportSDU
Rio de Janeiro · 2 km away
Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportGIG
Rio De Janeiro · 13 km away
São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportGRU
São Paulo · 341 km away
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportCGH
São Paulo · 364 km away
Tancredo Neves International AirportCNF
Belo Horizonte · 373 km away
Rio de Janeiro está en la zona horaria America/Sao_Paulo (BRT), con un desfase UTC de -03:00.
Rio de Janeiro no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Rio de Janeiro es UTC-03:00.
Rio de Janeiro sits at 22.91°S, 43.18°W in Brasil, with about 6.7M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Rio de Janeiro is São Paulo, about 360 km away as the crow flies.
Santa Teresa is the closest indexed city, roughly 1 km from Rio de Janeiro.
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) is the closest curated airport reference, about 2 km from Rio de Janeiro.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Brasil, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.
