Meeting time
Best time to meet: Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro
Mexico City is 3 hours behind Rio de Janeiro right now. Their working days overlap for 5 hours: 9 AM to 2 PM in Mexico City, which is 12 PM to 5 PM in Rio de Janeiro. The easiest time to meet is 10:30 AM in Mexico City (1:30 PM in Rio de Janeiro).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Mexico City time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Mexico City | Rio de Janeiro | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 9 AM | Rio de Janeiro at work |
| 7 AM | 10 AM | Rio de Janeiro at work |
| 8 AM | 11 AM | Rio de Janeiro at work |
| 9 AM | 12 PM | Both at work |
| 10 AM | 1 PM | Both at work |
| 11 AM | 2 PM | Both at work |
| 12 PM | 3 PM | Both at work |
| 1 PM | 4 PM | Both at work |
| 2 PM | 5 PM | Mexico City at work |
| 3 PM | 6 PM | Mexico City at work |
| 4 PM | 7 PM | Mexico City at work |
| 5 PM | 8 PM | Both off |
| 6 PM | 9 PM | Both off |
| 7 PM | 10 PM | Both off |
| 8 PM | 11 PM | Both off |
| 9 PM | 12 AM next day | Both off |
| 10 PM | 1 AM next day | Both off |
All year
The gap between Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.
Rio de Janeiro keeps the same clock as São Paulo.
Questions people ask
12 PM in Rio de Janeiro, while Mexico City is 3 hours behind.
10:30 AM in Mexico City, which is 1:30 PM in Rio de Janeiro. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 2 PM Mexico City time.
No. It stays 3 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.
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