Distance from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Mexico City, Mexico and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 7,682 km (4,773 mi · 4,148 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,682 km · 4,773 mi · 4,148 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Rio de Janeiro
- 125° (SE)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Mexico City
- 303° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 172 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.