✈ ORD → GIG

10H 55M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 55m
Distance
5,307 mi
Or
8,541 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

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

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 10 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,307 miles (8,541 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,307 mi

8,541 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1264 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1461 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 350 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.