Distance from Hong Kong to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 17,692 km (10,993 mi · 9,553 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,692 km · 10,993 mi · 9,553 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Rio de Janeiro
- 264° (W)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Hong Kong
- 87° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 685 min — the sun rises earlier in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 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.