✈ AMS → GIG

12H 8M, 5,940 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 8m
Distance
5,940 mi
Or
9,560 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro

From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Amsterdam

How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 12 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,940 miles (9,560 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 8m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,940 mi

9,560 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-5h

5 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~3.5d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1415 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1635 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 392 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.