🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Brasilia Standard Time
- UTC-3
- Golden hour
☀️ 05:18 · 🌙 17:59 · 12 h 41 min
Rio de Janeiro to Watertown, NY: time difference
Watertown, NY 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 17:27 5:27 PM Watertown, NY 16:27 4:27 PM You –:–
17:27 5:27 PM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:18 · 🌙 17:59
16:27 4:27 PM
Eastern Daylight Time · UTC-4
☀️ 07:24 · 🌙 18:15
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−1 h
Watertown, NY is 1 h behind Rio de Janeiro.
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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
🇺🇸 Watertown, NY
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 | 🇺🇸 Watertown, NY |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 17:27 | 16:27 |
| Local date | Monday, October 19, 2026 | Monday, October 19, 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 | 05:18 | 07:24 |
| Sunset | 17:59 | 18:15 |
| Daylight | 12 h 41 min | 10 h 51 min |
| People on this clock | 6,211,223 | 31,915 |
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Rio de Janeiro and Watertown, NY: common questions
What is the time difference between Rio de Janeiro and Watertown, NY?
Watertown is 1 hour behind: it uses UTC−4, while Rio de Janeiro is on UTC−3.
What time is it in Watertown, NY, at the start of the working day in Rio de Janeiro?
The working day in Rio de Janeiro starts at 9:00 AM; in Watertown it is 8:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro, what time is it in Watertown, NY?
At 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro, clocks in Watertown show 5:00 PM.
When do working hours in Rio de Janeiro and in Watertown, NY, overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Rio de Janeiro, which is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Watertown.
When is it still the previous day in Watertown, NY?
Until 1:00 AM in Rio de Janeiro it is still the previous day in Watertown. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Watertown it is already the next day in Rio de Janeiro.
Does the time gap between Rio de Janeiro and Watertown, NY, change during the year?
Yes – daylight saving time is used in Watertown but not in Rio de Janeiro. From November 1, 2026, Watertown will be 2 hours behind Rio de Janeiro.
