✈ PEK → GIG

21H 22M, 10,760 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
21h 22m
Distance
10,760 mi
Or
17,317 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from Beijing to Rio de Janeiro

From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

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

A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 21 hours 22 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,760 miles (17,317 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

21h 22m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,760 mi

17,317 km · great-circle

Avg speed

811 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-11h

11 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~7.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2563 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2961 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 710 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.