✈ VIE → GIG

12H 30M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,135 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
12h 30m
Distance
6,135 mi
Or
9,874 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Vienna to Rio de Janeiro

From Vienna International (VIE), Austria Europe  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Vienna

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

A nonstop flight from Vienna (VIE) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 12 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,135 miles (9,874 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 30m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,135 mi

9,874 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Vienna timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Vienna

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-5h

5 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~3.5d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1461 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1688 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 405 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.