Rio de Janeiro to Merrillville, IN: time difference
Merrillville, IN is 2 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 18:40 6:40 PM Merrillville, IN 16:40 4:40 PM You –:–
18:40 6:40 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:17 · 🌙 18:00
16:40 4:40 PM
Central Daylight Time · UTC-5
☀️ 07:07 · 🌙 18:02
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−2 h
Merrillville, IN is 2 h behind Rio de Janeiro.
When you, Rio de Janeiro and Merrillville, IN are all at the desk
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Working hours
🇧🇷 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
🇺🇸 Merrillville, IN
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 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro | 🇺🇸 Merrillville, IN |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 18:40 | 16:40 |
| Local date | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | Brasilia Standard Time | Central Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-3 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Rio de Janeiro | — | −2 h |
| IANA zone | America/Sao Paulo | America/Chicago |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC-6, Nov 1, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:17 | 07:07 |
| Sunset | 18:00 | 18:02 |
| Daylight | 12 h 43 min | 10 h 55 min |
| People on this clock | 6,211,223 | 36,444 |
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Rio de Janeiro and Merrillville, IN: common questions
How far behind Rio de Janeiro is Merrillville, IN?
Merrillville is 2 hours behind Rio de Janeiro: UTC−5 against UTC−3.
If it is 9:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro, what time is it in Merrillville, IN?
At 9:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro, clocks in Merrillville show 7:00 AM.
What time is it in Merrillville, IN, at the end of the working day in Rio de Janeiro?
The working day in Rio de Janeiro ends at 6:00 PM; in Merrillville it is 4:00 PM at that moment.
Is there a time when both Rio de Janeiro and Merrillville, IN, are at work?
Yes: from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Merrillville), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When is it still the previous day in Merrillville, IN?
Until 2:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro it is still the previous day in Merrillville. The other way round, from 10:00 PM in Merrillville it is already the next day in Rio de Janeiro.
Is the time difference between Rio de Janeiro and Merrillville, IN, the same all year?
No. Only Merrillville switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From November 1, 2026, Merrillville will be 3 hours behind Rio de Janeiro.
