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).
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 Janeiro | Accra | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 9 AM | Accra at work |
| 7 AM | 10 AM | Accra at work |
| 8 AM | 11 AM | Accra 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 | Rio de Janeiro at work |
| 3 PM | 6 PM | Rio de Janeiro at work |
| 4 PM | 7 PM | Rio de Janeiro 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 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
12 PM in Accra, while Rio de Janeiro is 3 hours behind.
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.
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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