✈ ATL → GIG
ATLANTA → RIO DE JANEIRO: 9H 51M, 4,749 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 9 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,749 miles (7,642 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,749 mi
7,642 km · great-circle
Avg speed
776 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro
- Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro
- Santiago → Rio de Janeiro
- Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
- Miami → Rio de Janeiro
- Cancun → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Casablanca → Rio de Janeiro
- Mexico City → Rio de Janeiro
- Lisbon → Rio de Janeiro
- New York → Rio de Janeiro
- Boston → Rio de Janeiro