Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro: time difference
Rio de Janeiro is 1 h ahead of Barcelona. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
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Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Barcelona 20:53 8:53 PM Rio de Janeiro 21:53 9:53 PM You –:–
20:53 8:53 PM
Venezuela Time · UTC-4
☀️ 06:08 · 🌙 18:01
21:53 9:53 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:19 · 🌙 17:59
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+1 h
Rio de Janeiro is 1 h ahead of Barcelona.
When you, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇻🇪 Barcelona
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro
1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇻🇪 Barcelona | 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 20:53 | 21:53 |
| Local date | Sunday, October 18, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | Venezuela Time | Brasilia Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-4 | UTC-3 |
| Offset from Barcelona | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | America/Caracas | America/Sao Paulo |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:08 | 05:19 |
| Sunset | 18:01 | 17:59 |
| Daylight | 11 h 53 min | 12 h 40 min |
| People on this clock | 560,122 | 6,211,223 |
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Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro: common questions
How far ahead of Barcelona is Rio de Janeiro?
Rio de Janeiro is 1 hour ahead of Barcelona: UTC−3 against UTC−4.
If it is 9:00 AM in Barcelona, what time is it in Rio de Janeiro?
At 9:00 AM in Barcelona, clocks in Rio de Janeiro show 10:00 AM.
What time is it in Rio de Janeiro at the end of the working day in Barcelona?
The working day in Barcelona ends at 6:00 PM; in Rio de Janeiro it is 7:00 PM at that moment.
When is a good time to call Rio de Janeiro from Barcelona?
Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Barcelona – that is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Rio de Janeiro?
From 11:00 PM in Barcelona it is already the next day in Rio de Janeiro. The other way round, until 1:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro it is still the previous day in Barcelona.
Does the time gap between Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Barcelona nor in Rio de Janeiro, so the gap is 1 hour all year round.
