Time difference between Moscow and Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is 6 hours behind Moscow.
Local time in both cities
Moscow · Russia
00:40
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
18:40
Rio de Janeiro is 6 hours behind Moscow.
still the previous day
Time zones
| Moscow | Europe/Moscow · UTC+03:00 |
|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00 |
Moscow does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+03:00 all year.
Rio de Janeiro does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC-03:00 all year.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-21 local time in Moscow. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Moscow (source) | Rio de Janeiro (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 18:00 prev day |
| 01:00 | 19:00 prev day |
| 02:00 | 20:00 prev day |
| 03:00 | 21:00 prev day |
| 04:00 | 22:00 prev day |
| 05:00 | 23:00 prev day |
| 06:00 | 00:00 |
| 07:00 | 01:00 |
| 08:00 | 02:00 |
| 09:00 | 03:00 |
| 10:00 | 04:00 |
| 11:00 | 05:00 |
| 12:00 | 06:00 |
| 13:00 | 07:00 |
| 14:00 | 08:00 |
| 15:00 | 09:00 |
| 16:00 | 10:00 |
| 17:00 | 11:00 |
| 18:00 | 12:00 |
| 19:00 | 13:00 |
| 20:00 | 14:00 |
| 21:00 | 15:00 |
| 22:00 | 16:00 |
| 23:00 | 17:00 |
Other common differences from Moscow
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Moscow and Rio de Janeiro right now?
- The answer at the top of the page is calculated for the current moment and states which side is ahead. The gap changes during the year, because the two places usually start and end daylight saving on different dates.
- Is this difference the same all year?
- Not necessarily. Moscow uses Europe/Moscow and Rio de Janeiro uses America/Sao_Paulo; if either observes daylight saving, the gap shifts during the year. Use “Convert a specific date and time” below to calculate it for a given day.
- How do I read the conversion table?
- The left column lists each whole hour in Moscow; the right column is the local time in Rio de Janeiro at that same instant, with date rollovers marked. On the day clocks jump forward, some hours do not exist locally — the table says so instead of showing a plausible but wrong value.