Brazil
BRT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
CST
Central Standard Time
GMT -6
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Rio de Janeiro time with CST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

BRT (Brasilia Time) is 3 hours ahead of Central Standard Time
9:00 am09:00 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 6:00 am06:00 in CST

Rio de Janeiro to CST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 12pm-5pm in Rio de Janeiro which corresponds to 9am-2pm in CST

9:00 am09:00 BRT (Brasilia Time) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
6:00 am06:00 Central Standard Time (CST). Offset UTC -6:00 hours

9:00 am09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / 6:00 am06:00 CST

Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCST
12am (midnight)9pm
1am10pm
2am11pm
3am12am (midnight)
4am1am
5am2am
6am3am
7am4am
8am5am
9am6am
10am7am
11am8am
12pm (noon)9am
1pm10am
2pm11am
3pm12pm (noon)
4pm1pm
5pm2pm
6pm3pm
7pm4pm
8pm5pm
9pm6pm
10pm7pm
11pm8pm
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Rio de Janeiro Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
BRT - Brasília time
UTC / GMT Offset
-3:00 hours during Brasília time, currently in use.

Rio de Janeiro Facts

Country
Brazil
Alternative Names
Ciutat de Rio de Janeiro, RIO, Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Rio d Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiru, Rio de Janero, Rio de Janeyro, Rio de Janèro, Rio de Janêro, Rio de Zaneiras, Rio de Zaneiros, Rio de Zaneyro, Rio de Zhaneiro, Rio de Zhanejro, Rio de Žaneiras, Rio dé Janéyro, Rio dė Žaneiros, Rio nte Tzaneiro, Rio-de-Janejro, Rio-de-Janeyro, Rio-de-Zaneiro, Rio-de-Zanejro, Rio-de-Zaneyro, Rio-de-Zhanejro, Rio-de-janeiro, Rio-de-Ĵanejro, Rio-de-Žaneiro, Rio-de-Žaneýro, Riodezaneiro, Riodežaneiro, Riu de Janeiro, Riu de Janeiru, Riviethe de Janvyi, Riviéthe dé Janvyi, Rya-deh-Zhanehjra, Río de Janeiro, Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Urbs Fluminensis, iriyo ti ceniro, li yue re nei lu, liudejaneilu, rath ri xode ca ne ro, ri xode ca ne ro, ri'o di janero, ri'o di jeneri'o, ri'o di jeniro, rio-de-zhaneiro, riodejaneiro, rios. dis. djaneiros, riyea di janirea, riyo di janairo, riyo di janero, riyo di jeneriyo, riyo di jenero, riyo di jyaneriyo, ryw dh znyyrw, ryw dw zhanyrw, ryw dwzhanyrw, ryw dy janyrw, Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο, Рио де Жанеиро, Рио де Жанейро, Рио-де-Жанейро, Рыа-дэ-Жанэйра, Ріо де Жанейро, Ріо-де-Жанейро, Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո, ריא דע זשאנערא, ריו דה זניירו, ريو دى جانيرو, ريو دي جانيرو, ریو دو ژانیرو, ریو دوژانیرو, ریو دے جینیرو, ریو ڈی جینرو, ڕیۆ دێ ژانێرۆ, रियो डि जेनेरो, रियो दि जानेरो, रियो दि ज्यानेरियो, रियो दी जेनेरियो, রিও ডি জেনিরো, রিও দি জেনেরিও, ਰਿਓ ਡੀ ਜਨੇਰੋ, இரியோ டி செனீரோ, ರಿಯೋ ಡಿ ಜನೈರೊ, റിയോ ഡി ജനീറോ, รัฐรีโอเดจาเนโร, รีโอเดจาเนโร, རིའོ་ཌེ་ཇ་ནེའུ་རའོ།, ရီယို ဒီ ဂျီးနေးရိုးမြို့, რიო-დე-ჟანეირო, ሪዮ ዴ ጃኔይሮ, リオデジャネイロ, 里約熱內盧, 里约热内卢, 리우데자네이루
Population
6,023,699
Currency
Real (BRL)
Geographic Coordinates
22° 54' S Latitude / 43° 10' W Longitude
International Dialing Code
+55

Central Standard Time

Offset: CST is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CST time zone is Mexico City in Mexico, with about 12.294 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Chicago, Houston, Iztapalapa, Ecatepec.

French: HNC - Heure Normale du Centre

Spanish: CT - Tiempo Central Estándar, CT - Zona Centro

CST Time Zone Geo Map
CST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Central Daylight Time (CDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 2am to 1amStart: Central Standard Time (CST) started on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, November 2, 2025, 1:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: Central Standard Time (CST) ends on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

CST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -06 - basic short
  • -0600 - basic
  • -06:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0600 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (06) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of six hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Sierra - Military abbreviation for CST
  • S - short form of 'Sierra'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Bahia_Banderas
  • America/Belize
  • America/Chicago
  • America/Chihuahua
  • America/Costa_Rica
  • America/El_Salvador
  • America/Guatemala
  • America/Indiana/Knox
  • America/Indiana/Tell_City
  • America/Knox_IN
  • America/Managua
  • America/Matamoros
  • America/Menominee
  • America/Merida
  • America/Mexico_City
  • America/Monterrey
  • America/North_Dakota/Beulah
  • America/North_Dakota/Center
  • America/North_Dakota/New_Salem
  • America/Ojinaga
  • America/Rainy_River
  • America/Rankin_Inlet
  • America/Regina
  • America/Resolute
  • America/Swift_Current
  • America/Tegucigalpa
  • America/Winnipeg
  • CST6CDT
  • Canada/Central
  • Canada/Saskatchewan
  • Mexico/General
  • US/Central
  • US/Indiana-Starke
CST Abbreviation: Several time zones share CST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Standard Time - UTC -6
  • China Standard Time - UTC +8
  • Cuba Standard Time - UTC -5
Time zones with the GMT -6 offset:
  • CST - Central Standard Time
  • CT - Central Time
  • MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
  • EAST - Easter Island Standard Time
  • GALT - Galapagos Time
  • S - Sierra Time Zone