✈ SYD → GIG

16H 51M, 8,403 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
16h 51m
Distance
8,403 mi
Or
13,523 km
Jet lag
13h

Flight from Sydney to Rio de Janeiro

From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Sydney

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

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 16 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,403 miles (13,523 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,403 mi

13,523 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-13h

13 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~9.1d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2001 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2312 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 554 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.