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✈ CUN → GIG

8H 50M. CANCUN TO RIO DE JANEIRO. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
8h 50m
Distance
4,220 mi
Or
6,792 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Cancun to Rio de Janeiro

From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Cancun

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

A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 8 hours 50 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,220 miles (6,792 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 50m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,220 mi

6,792 km · great-circle

Avg speed

769 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cancun timezone

UTC-5

America/Cancun

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1005 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1161 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 278 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.

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