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✈ KUL → GIG

19H 21M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
19h 21m
Distance
9,712 mi
Or
15,630 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Rio de Janeiro

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Kuala Lumpur

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 19 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,712 miles (15,630 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 21m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,712 mi

15,630 km · great-circle

Avg speed

807 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

-11h

11 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~7.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2313 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2673 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 641 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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