✈ GIG → CDG

11H 41M, 5,706 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 41m
Distance
5,706 mi
Or
9,183 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG) takes about 11 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,706 miles (9,183 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 41m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,706 mi

9,183 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

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1359 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1570 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 377 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.