✈ SEA → GIG

13H 56M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
13h 56m
Distance
6,884 mi
Or
11,079 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Seattle to Rio de Janeiro

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

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

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 13 hours 56 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,884 miles (11,079 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 56m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,884 mi

11,079 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

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 1640 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1895 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 454 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.