✈ LHR → GIG
LONDON → RIO DE JANEIRO IN 11H 46M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from London to Rio de Janeiro
From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → London
How long is the flight from London to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 11 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,750 miles (9,253 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 46m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,750 mi
9,253 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
-4h
4 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~2.8d
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 London
Nearest destinations
- London → Manchester
- London → Paris
- London → Brussels
- London → Amsterdam
- London → Dublin
- London → Edinburgh
- London → Frankfurt
- London → Zurich
- London → Milan
- London → Munich
Long-haul from London
- London → Auckland
- London → Sydney
- London → Melbourne
- London → Bali (Denpasar)
- London → Santiago
- London → Buenos Aires
- London → Singapore
- London → Manila
- London → Kuala Lumpur
- London → Taipei
More flights to South America
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