Distance from Dubai to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 11,870 km (7,376 mi · 6,409 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,870 km · 7,376 mi · 6,409 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Rio de Janeiro
- 252° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Dubai
- 69° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 453 min — the sun rises earlier in Dubai
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 UTC
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:24 UTC / 20:35 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.