✈ CAI → GIG

12H 32M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
12h 32m
Distance
6,153 mi
Or
9,902 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cairo to Rio de Janeiro

From Cairo International (CAI), Egypt Africa  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

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

A nonstop flight from Cairo (CAI) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 12 hours 32 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,153 miles (9,902 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 32m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,153 mi

9,902 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cairo timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Cairo

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1465 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1693 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 406 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.