Rio de Janeiro for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here

US Pacific team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 14:00–22:00 here

UK team 4–5 h shared 9–5 · their day is 06:00–14:00 here

Central Europe team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 05:00–13:00 here

Price level 46 Low: household prices Brazil-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 6 / 12 May–October

Your team's working day, on Rio de Janeiro's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Rio de Janeiro; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 11:00–19:00

6 h

US Pacific 14:00–22:00

3 h

UK 06:00–14:00

5 h

Central Europe 05:00–13:00

4 h

Another zone

Brazil does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	6 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 7 h	4 h awake 6 h
Feb	6 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 7 h	4 h awake 6 h
Mar	6–7 h awake 8 h	3–4 h awake 8 h	4–5 h awake 6–7 h	3–4 h awake 5–6 h
Apr	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 6 h	3 h awake 5 h
May	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 6 h	3 h awake 5 h
Jun	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 6 h	3 h awake 5 h
Jul	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 6 h	3 h awake 5 h
Aug	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 6 h	3 h awake 5 h
Sep	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 6 h	3 h awake 5 h
Oct	7 h awake 8 h	4 h awake 8 h	4–5 h awake 6–7 h	3–4 h awake 5–6 h
Nov	6 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 7 h	4 h awake 6 h
Dec	6 h awake 8 h	3 h awake 8 h	5 h awake 7 h	4 h awake 6 h

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	32°C	21°C	145 mm	22°C oppressive	13.3 h	2.3
Feb	32°C	21°C	139 mm	22°C oppressive	12.8 h	2.1
Mar	31°C	21°C	156 mm	22°C oppressive	12.2 h	3.5
Apr	30°C	20°C	104 mm	21°C muggy	11.5 h	5.4
May	28°C	18°C	86 mm	18°C muggy	10.9 h	8.0
Jun	28°C	16°C	49 mm	17°C sticky	10.6 h	9.1
Jul	27°C	16°C	48 mm	17°C sticky	10.7 h	9.4
Aug	28°C	16°C	33 mm	17°C sticky	11.2 h	8.9
Sep	28°C	17°C	44 mm	18°C sticky	11.9 h	8.7
Oct	29°C	18°C	71 mm	19°C muggy	12.5 h	7.5
Nov	29°C	19°C	90 mm	20°C muggy	13.1 h	6.1
Dec	30°C	21°C	127 mm	22°C oppressive	13.4 h	4.5

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Population: 6,730,729 (2025)
Elevation: 31 m
Airports: Rio de Janeiro/Galeão – Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG), 13 km
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), 1 km
Jacarepaguá Airport (RRJ), 22 km
Time zone: America/Sao_Paulo
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Brazil's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-28. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

Within an hour of Rio de Janeiro's clock today, most comfortable months first.