PST to Rio de Janeiro Time Converter
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5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 18, 2026 = 9:00 am09:00 BRT (UTC-3), Oct 18, 2026
PDT is 4 hours behind Rio de Janeiro.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, PDT is 4 hours behind Rio de Janeiro. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, PST is 5 hours behind Rio de Janeiro.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PDT correspond to 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm in Rio de Janeiro. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in PST correspond to 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm in Rio de Janeiro.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PDT correspond to 13:00 to 22:00 in Rio de Janeiro. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in PST correspond to 14:00 to 23:00 in Rio de Janeiro.
Compare PST time with Rio de Janeiro time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Pacific Daylight Time is 4 hours behind BRT (Brasilia Time).
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 9:00 am09:00 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PDT to Rio de Janeiro call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in PDT which corresponds to 1pm-6pm13:00-18:00 in Rio de Janeiro
5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
9:00 am09:00 BRT (Brasilia Time) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Offset UTC -3:00 hours
5:00 am05:00 PDT / 9:00 am09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pacific Standard Time
Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Mexico, United States
Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.
French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique
Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste
Today the shaded areas are on UTC−7 (PDT).
Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
End: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.
Start: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.
See USA daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.
PST representations, usage and related time zones
- -08 - basic short
- -0800 - basic
- -08:00 - extended
- -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
- Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
- U - short form of 'Uniform'
- America/Ensenada
- America/Los_Angeles
- America/Santa_Isabel
- America/Tijuana
- America/Vancouver
- Canada/Pacific
- Mexico/BajaNorte
- PST8PDT
- US/Pacific
- Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
- Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
- AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PT - Pacific Time
- PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
- U - Uniform Time Zone