✈ ORD → GIG
10H 55M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro
- Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro
- Santiago → Rio de Janeiro
- Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
- Miami → Rio de Janeiro
- Cancun → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Casablanca → Rio de Janeiro
- Atlanta → Rio de Janeiro
- Mexico City → Rio de Janeiro
- Lisbon → Rio de Janeiro
- New York → Rio de Janeiro