✈ GIG → YYZ

RIO DE JANEIRO → TORONTO IN 10H 36M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 36m
Distance
5,140 mi
Or
8,272 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Toronto

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Pearson (YYZ), Canada North America

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Toronto (YYZ) takes about 10 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,140 miles (8,272 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 36m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,140 mi

8,272 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Toronto timezone

UTC-4

America/Toronto

Time difference

-1h

1 hour behind

Jet lag (rough)

~0.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1224 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1415 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 339 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.