🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
Cape Town to Rio Grande: time difference
Rio Grande is 5 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 23:49 11:49 PM Rio Grande 18:49 6:49 PM You –:–
23:49 11:49 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
18:49 6:49 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:27 · 🌙 18:58
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−5 h
Rio Grande is 5 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Rio Grande are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇿🇦 Cape Town
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 Grande
19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 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
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Cape Town | 🇧🇷 Rio Grande |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 23:49 | 18:49 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Friday, November 6, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Brasilia Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC-3 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −5 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | America/Sao Paulo |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 05:27 |
| Sunset | 19:19 | 18:58 |
| Daylight | 13 h 37 min | 13 h 31 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 198,935 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Rio Grande: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Rio Grande?
Rio Grande is 5 hours behind Cape Town: UTC−3 against UTC+2.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Rio Grande?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Rio Grande show 4:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Rio Grande?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Rio Grande show 1:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Rio Grande from Cape Town?
Between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Rio Grande – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When does the date change in Rio Grande compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Rio Grande later: until 5:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 7:00 PM in Rio Grande, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Does the time gap between Cape Town and Rio Grande change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Cape Town nor in Rio Grande, so the gap is 5 hours all year round.
