✈ GIG → OTP

12H 58M FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO BUCHAREST. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
12h 58m
Distance
6,378 mi
Or
10,264 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Bucharest

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 12 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,378 miles (10,264 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 58m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,378 mi

10,264 km · great-circle

Avg speed

791 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Bucharest timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Bucharest

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1519 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1755 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 421 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.