✈ OTP → GIG
12H 58M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,378 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Bucharest to Rio de Janeiro
From Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Bucharest
How long is the flight from Bucharest to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Bucharest (OTP) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 12 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,378 miles (10,264 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 58m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,378 mi
10,264 km · great-circle
Avg speed
791 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
Westward — easier
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 from Bucharest
Nearest destinations
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Bucharest → Budapest
- Bucharest → Athens
- Bucharest → Vienna
- Bucharest → Warsaw
- Bucharest → Prague
- Bucharest → Rome
- Bucharest → Munich
- Bucharest → Berlin
- Bucharest → Milan
Long-haul from Bucharest
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
Nearest origins
- 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
Long-haul to Rio de Janeiro
- Osaka → Rio de Janeiro
- Tokyo → Rio de Janeiro
- Taipei → Rio de Janeiro
- Shanghai → Rio de Janeiro
- Manila → Rio de Janeiro
- Seoul → Rio de Janeiro
- Hong Kong → Rio de Janeiro
- Beijing → Rio de Janeiro
- Bangkok → Rio de Janeiro
- Bali (Denpasar) → Rio de Janeiro