Distance from Rio de Janeiro to Singapore
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Singapore (Singapore) are 15,722 km apart — that's 9,769 miles or 8,489 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,722 km · 9,769 mi · 8,489 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Singapore
- 119° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Singapore → Rio de Janeiro
- 233° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 09 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · Singapore UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 617 min — the sun rises later in Rio de Janeiro
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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:24 UTC / 20:35 UTC
- Singapore
- 1.2897, 103.8501
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:06 UTC / 11:16 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.