✈ GIG → DEL

17H 29M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
17h 29m
Distance
8,738 mi
Or
14,062 km
Jet lag
8.5h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Delhi

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Delhi → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Delhi (DEL) takes about 17 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,738 miles (14,062 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 29m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,738 mi

14,062 km · great-circle

Avg speed

804 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Time difference

+8.5h

8h 30m ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8.5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2081 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2405 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 577 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.