Time difference between Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is 5 hours behind Copenhagen.
Local time in both cities
Copenhagen · Denmark
00:37
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
19:37
Rio de Janeiro is 5 hours behind Copenhagen.
still the previous day
Time zones
| Copenhagen | Europe/Copenhagen · UTC+02:00 |
|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | America/Sao_Paulo · UTC-03:00 |
Copenhagen is currently on daylight saving time (UTC+02:00). Next change: 2026-10-25 02:00.
Rio de Janeiro does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC-03:00 all year.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-21 local time in Copenhagen. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Copenhagen (source) | Rio de Janeiro (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 19:00 prev day |
| 01:00 | 20:00 prev day |
| 02:00 | 21:00 prev day |
| 03:00 | 22:00 prev day |
| 04:00 | 23:00 prev day |
| 05:00 | 00:00 |
| 06:00 | 01:00 |
| 07:00 | 02:00 |
| 08:00 | 03:00 |
| 09:00 | 04:00 |
| 10:00 | 05:00 |
| 11:00 | 06:00 |
| 12:00 | 07:00 |
| 13:00 | 08:00 |
| 14:00 | 09:00 |
| 15:00 | 10:00 |
| 16:00 | 11:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 |
| 18:00 | 13:00 |
| 19:00 | 14:00 |
| 20:00 | 15:00 |
| 21:00 | 16:00 |
| 22:00 | 17:00 |
| 23:00 | 18:00 |
Other common differences from Copenhagen
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Copenhagen 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. Copenhagen uses Europe/Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen; 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.