✈ YYZ → GIG

10H 36M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

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

Flight from Toronto to Rio de Janeiro

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

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Toronto

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

A nonstop flight from Toronto (YYZ) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) 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

Toronto timezone

UTC-4

America/Toronto

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

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.