Rio de Janeiro to Starkville, MS: time difference
Starkville, MS 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.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Rio de Janeiro 16:24 4:24 PM Starkville, MS 14:24 2:24 PM You –:–
16:24 4:24 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:17 · 🌙 18:00
14:24 2:24 PM
Central Daylight Time · UTC-5
☀️ 07:04 · 🌙 18:17
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−2 h
Starkville, MS is 2 h behind Rio de Janeiro.
When you, Rio de Janeiro and Starkville, MS are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
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
🇺🇸 Starkville, MS
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 | 🇺🇸 Starkville, MS |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 16:24 | 14:24 |
| 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 | 07:04 |
| Sunset | 18:00 | 18:17 |
| Daylight | 12 h 43 min | 11 h 13 min |
| People on this clock | 6,211,223 | 22,638 |
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Rio de Janeiro and Starkville, MS: common questions
How many hours behind Rio de Janeiro is Starkville, MS?
The clocks in Starkville are 2 hours behind those in Rio de Janeiro (UTC−5 and UTC−3).
What time is it in Starkville, MS, at the start of the working day in Rio de Janeiro?
The working day in Rio de Janeiro starts at 9:00 AM; in Starkville it is 7:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro, what time is it in Starkville, MS?
At 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro, clocks in Starkville show 4:00 PM.
Is there a time when both Rio de Janeiro and Starkville, MS, are at work?
Yes: from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Starkville), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When is it still the previous day in Starkville, MS?
Until 2:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro it is still the previous day in Starkville. The other way round, from 10:00 PM in Starkville it is already the next day in Rio de Janeiro.
Is the time difference between Rio de Janeiro and Starkville, MS, the same all year?
No. Only Starkville switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From November 1, 2026, Starkville will be 3 hours behind Rio de Janeiro.
