Distance from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro
Flying the shortest possible route, Rio de Janeiro lies 8,140 km (5,058 miles, 4,395 nautical miles) from Madrid — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,140 km · 5,058 mi · 4,395 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Rio de Janeiro
- 218° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Madrid
- 30° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 244 min — the sun rises earlier in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.