✈ CPH → GIG

12H 53M, 6,330 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 53m
Distance
6,330 mi
Or
10,187 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Copenhagen to Rio de Janeiro

From Kastrup (CPH), Denmark Europe  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

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

A nonstop flight from Copenhagen (CPH) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 12 hours 53 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,330 miles (10,187 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 53m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,330 mi

10,187 km · great-circle

Avg speed

791 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Copenhagen timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Copenhagen

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 1508 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1742 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 418 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.