Meeting time

Best time to meet: Rio de Janeiro and Accra

Rio de Janeiro is 3 hours behind Accra right now. Their working days overlap for 5 hours: 9 AM to 2 PM in Rio de Janeiro, which is 12 PM to 5 PM in Accra. The easiest time to meet is 10:30 AM in Rio de Janeiro (1:30 PM in Accra).

Tue 12:58 PMRio de Janeiro · Brasilia Standard TimeTue 3:58 PMAccra · Greenwich Mean Time

Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Rio de Janeiro time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

Rio de JaneiroAccra
6 AM9 AMAccra at work
7 AM10 AMAccra at work
8 AM11 AMAccra at work
9 AM12 PMBoth at work
10 AM1 PMBoth at work
11 AM2 PMBoth at work
12 PM3 PMBoth at work
1 PM4 PMBoth at work
2 PM5 PMRio de Janeiro at work
3 PM6 PMRio de Janeiro at work
4 PM7 PMRio de Janeiro at work
5 PM8 PMBoth off
6 PM9 PMBoth off
7 PM10 PMBoth off
8 PM11 PMBoth off
9 PM12 AM next dayBoth off
10 PM1 AM next dayBoth off

All year

The gap between Rio de Janeiro and Accra 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

What time is it in Accra when it is 9 AM in Rio de Janeiro?
12 PM in Accra, while Rio de Janeiro is 3 hours behind.
When is the best time for a call between Rio de Janeiro and Accra?
10:30 AM in Rio de Janeiro, which is 1:30 PM in Accra. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 2 PM Rio de Janeiro time.
Does the time difference between Rio de Janeiro and Accra change during the year?
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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