Rio Grande to Cape Town: time difference
Cape Town is 5 h ahead of Rio Grande. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
+5 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Rio Grande 07:50 7:50 AM Cape Town 12:50 12:50 PM You –:–
07:50 7:50 AM
Brasilia Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:27 · 🌙 18:58
12:50 12:50 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
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+5 h
Cape Town is 5 h ahead of Rio Grande.
When you, Rio Grande and Cape Town 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 Grande
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
🇿🇦 Cape Town
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 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇧🇷 Rio Grande | 🇿🇦 Cape Town |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 07:50 | 12:50 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Friday, November 6, 2026 |
| Time zone | Brasilia Standard Time | South Africa Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-3 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Rio Grande | — | +5 h |
| IANA zone | America/Sao Paulo | Africa/Johannesburg |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:27 | 05:42 |
| Sunset | 18:58 | 19:19 |
| Daylight | 13 h 31 min | 13 h 37 min |
| People on this clock | 198,935 | 3,740,026 |
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Rio Grande and Cape Town: common questions
How many hours ahead of Rio Grande is Cape Town?
The clocks in Cape Town are 5 hours ahead of those in Rio Grande (UTC+2 and UTC−3).
If it is 9:00 AM in Rio Grande, what time is it in Cape Town?
At 9:00 AM in Rio Grande, clocks in Cape Town show 2:00 PM.
What time is it in Cape Town when it is 6:00 PM in Rio Grande?
When it is 6:00 PM in Rio Grande, it is 11:00 PM in Cape Town.
When is a good time to call Cape Town from Rio Grande?
Between 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM in Rio Grande – that is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Cape Town?
From 7:00 PM in Rio Grande it is already the next day in Cape Town. The other way round, until 5:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Rio Grande.
Does the time gap between Rio Grande and Cape Town change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Rio Grande nor in Cape Town, so the gap is 5 hours all year round.
