Distance from Paris to Rio de Janeiro
Flying the shortest possible route, Rio de Janeiro lies 9,167 km (5,696 miles, 4,950 nautical miles) from Paris — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,167 km · 5,696 mi · 4,950 nmi
- Initial bearing Paris → Rio de Janeiro
- 222° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Paris
- 28° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Paris UTC+02:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 290 min — the sun rises earlier in Paris
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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.