✈ GIG → LHR

11H 46M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 46m
Distance
5,750 mi
Or
9,253 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to London

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to London (LHR) takes about 11 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,750 miles (9,253 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,750 mi

9,253 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

London timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

+4h

4 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1369 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1582 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 379 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.