Time difference between Anchorage and Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is 5 hours ahead of Anchorage.

America/Anchorage America/Sao_Paulo same day

Local time in both cities

Anchorage · United States
13:25
Sunday, 20 September 2026
America/Anchorage · UTC-08:00
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
18:25
Sunday, 20 September 2026
America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00

Rio de Janeiro is 5 hours ahead of Anchorage.

same day

Time zones

AnchorageAmerica/Anchorage · UTC-08:00
Rio de JaneiroAmerica/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00

Anchorage is currently on daylight saving time (UTC-08:00). Next change: 2026-11-01 01:00.

Rio de Janeiro does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC-03:00 all year.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Calculated for 2026-09-20 local time in Anchorage. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.

Anchorage (source) Rio de Janeiro (target)
00:00 05:00
01:00 06:00
02:00 07:00
03:00 08:00
04:00 09:00
05:00 10:00
06:00 11:00
07:00 12:00
08:00 13:00
09:00 14:00
10:00 15:00
11:00 16:00
12:00 17:00
13:00 18:00
14:00 19:00
15:00 20:00
16:00 21:00
17:00 22:00
18:00 23:00
19:00 00:00 next day
20:00 01:00 next day
21:00 02:00 next day
22:00 03:00 next day
23:00 04:00 next day

FAQ

How many hours apart are Anchorage 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. Anchorage uses America/Anchorage 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 Anchorage; 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.

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