Distance from Istanbul to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 10,276 km (6,385 mi · 5,549 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,276 km · 6,385 mi · 5,549 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Rio de Janeiro
- 241° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Istanbul
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 376 min — the sun rises earlier in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 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.