Counting down to midnight on 1 January 2027 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), in Rio de Janeiro’s own local time.
2027 in Rio de Janeiro · UTC−3
Midnight strikes in Rio de Janeiro at Friday, 1 January 2027 at 00:00 local time — that’s 1 January, 03:00 UTC.
In the worldwide sweep
Rio de Janeiro is roughly the 27th of the world’s 37 time-zone offsets to cross into 2027. About 26 reach midnight first; around 10 follow.
Time zone
Rio de Janeiro keeps UTC−3on New Year’s Eve (America/Sao Paulo).
Time-zone offsets: IANA Time Zone Database (public domain), January 2026 reading. Zone boundaries: OpenStreetMap contributors via timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL). All times computed live.