✈ CPT → GIG
8H. CAPE TOWN TO RIO DE JANEIRO. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 8 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 3,782 miles (6,087 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,782 mi
6,087 km · great-circle
Avg speed
761 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
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.
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 Cape Town
Nearest destinations
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Cape Town → São Paulo
- Cape Town → Buenos Aires
- Cape Town → Cairo
- Cape Town → Doha
- Cape Town → Abu Dhabi
- Cape Town → Tel Aviv
- Cape Town → Dubai
- Cape Town → Santiago
Long-haul from Cape Town
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
Nearest origins
- São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro
- Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro
- Santiago → 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
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