Distance from Rio de Janeiro to Toronto
The great-circle distance between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Toronto, Canada is 8,277 km (5,143 mi · 4,469 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,277 km · 5,143 mi · 4,469 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Toronto
- 334° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Toronto → Rio de Janeiro
- 146° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 24 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · Toronto UTC-04:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 51 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:15 UTC / 00:33 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.