Distance from Paris to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between Paris, France and São Paulo, Brazil is 9,401 km (5,842 mi · 5,076 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,401 km · 5,842 mi · 5,076 nmi
- Initial bearing Paris → São Paulo
- 224° (SW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Paris
- 30° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Paris UTC+02:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 304 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.