Meeting time

Best time to meet: Sydney and Rio de Janeiro

Sydney is 14 hours ahead of Rio de Janeiro right now, so their working days do not overlap. The time that asks least of both is 7:30 AM in Sydney, which is 5:30 PM in Rio de Janeiro — one of you starts early or stays late.

Wed 2:58 AMSydney · Australian Eastern Daylight TimeTue 12:58 PMRio de Janeiro · Brasilia Standard Time
Start a free meetingSend a booking link that shows your times in their zone

Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 11, 2026, Sydney time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

SydneyRio de Janeiro
6 AM4 PM day beforeRio de Janeiro at work
7 AM5 PM day beforeBoth off
8 AM6 PM day beforeBoth off
9 AM7 PM day beforeSydney at work
10 AM8 PM day beforeSydney at work
11 AM9 PM day beforeSydney at work
12 PM10 PM day beforeSydney at work
1 PM11 PM day beforeSydney at work
2 PM12 AMSydney at work
3 PM1 AMSydney at work
4 PM2 AMSydney at work
5 PM3 AMBoth off
6 PM4 AMBoth off
7 PM5 AMBoth off
8 PM6 AMBoth off
9 PM7 AMBoth off
10 PM8 AMBoth off

When the clocks change

The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:

DatesSydney isBoth at work (Sydney time)Easiest (Sydney / Rio de Janeiro)
Now to April 4, 202714 hours aheadNone7:30 AM / 5:30 PM
April 4, 2027 to October 3, 2027
clocks in Sydney go back		13 hours aheadNone7 AM / 6 PM
October 3, 2027 onward
clocks in Sydney go forward		14 hours aheadNone7:30 AM / 5:30 PM

Rio de Janeiro keeps the same clock as São Paulo.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Rio de Janeiro when it is 9 AM in Sydney?
7 PM in Rio de Janeiro, the day before, while Sydney is 14 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Sydney and Rio de Janeiro?
7:30 AM in Sydney, which is 5:30 PM in Rio de Janeiro. Their working days do not overlap, so this is the fairest time for both.
Does the time difference between Sydney and Rio de Janeiro change during the year?
Yes — it changes 2 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.

More cities

New York and SydneyNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM New York timeLondon and SydneyNo shared working hours · fairest at 7 AM London timeSan Francisco and Sydney3 hours of shared working day · meet at 3 PM San Francisco timeBangalore and Sydney2 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Bangalore timeSingapore and Sydney5 hours of shared working day · meet at 10:30 AM Singapore timeLos Angeles and Sydney3 hours of shared working day · meet at 3 PM Los Angeles timeSydney and Tokyo6 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Sydney timeSydney and BerlinNo shared working hours · fairest at 5:30 PM Sydney timeSydney and Chicago1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Sydney timeSydney and Dubai1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Sydney timeSydney and ParisNo shared working hours · fairest at 5:30 PM Sydney timeSydney and TorontoNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM Sydney time

Every city from Sydney · Every city from Rio de Janeiro · All cities · Plan across more than two cities

Try Meetful

Meetings that take their own notes

Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.

Try Meetful freeSee what it does