✈ BOS → GIG
10H 1M. BOSTON TO RIO DE JANEIRO. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Boston to Rio de Janeiro
From Logan (BOS), USA North America → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
How long is the flight from Boston to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Boston (BOS) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 10 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,839 miles (7,788 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 1m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,839 mi
7,788 km · great-circle
Avg speed
777 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Boston 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
- Atlanta → Rio de Janeiro
- Mexico City → Rio de Janeiro
- Lisbon → Rio de Janeiro
- New York → Rio de Janeiro