🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
02
- Brasilia Standard Time
- UTC-3
- Golden hour
☀️ 05:17 · 🌙 18:00 · 12 h 43 min
Rio de Janeiro to Hartford, CT: time difference
Hartford, CT is 1 h behind Rio de Janeiro. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
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Rio de Janeiro 17:33 5:33 PM Hartford, CT 16:33 4:33 PM You –:–
17:33 5:33 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:17 · 🌙 18:00
16:33 4:33 PM
Eastern Daylight Time · UTC-4
☀️ 07:09 · 🌙 18:03
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−1 h
Hartford, CT is 1 h behind Rio de Janeiro.
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🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro
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
🇺🇸 Hartford, CT
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 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro | 🇺🇸 Hartford, CT |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 17:33 | 16:33 |
| Local date | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | Brasilia Standard Time | Eastern Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-3 | UTC-4 |
| Offset from Rio de Janeiro | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | America/Sao Paulo | America/New York |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC-5, Nov 1, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:17 | 07:09 |
| Sunset | 18:00 | 18:03 |
| Daylight | 12 h 43 min | 10 h 54 min |
| People on this clock | 6,211,223 | 122,366 |
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Rio de Janeiro and Hartford, CT: common questions
What is the time difference between Rio de Janeiro and Hartford, CT?
Hartford is 1 hour behind: it uses UTC−4, while Rio de Janeiro is on UTC−3.
What time is it in Hartford, CT, at the start of the working day in Rio de Janeiro?
The working day in Rio de Janeiro starts at 9:00 AM; in Hartford it is 8:00 AM at that moment.
What time is it in Hartford, CT, at the end of the working day in Rio de Janeiro?
The working day in Rio de Janeiro ends at 6:00 PM; in Hartford it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
Is there a time when both Rio de Janeiro and Hartford, CT, are at work?
Yes: from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Hartford), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When is it still the previous day in Hartford, CT?
Until 1:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro it is still the previous day in Hartford. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Hartford it is already the next day in Rio de Janeiro.
Does the time gap between Rio de Janeiro and Hartford, CT, change during the year?
Yes – daylight saving time is used in Hartford but not in Rio de Janeiro. From November 1, 2026, Hartford will be 2 hours behind Rio de Janeiro.
