✈ MAN → GIG
11H 52M FROM MANCHESTER TO RIO DE JANEIRO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Manchester to Rio de Janeiro
From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Manchester
How long is the flight from Manchester to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 11 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,804 miles (9,341 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 52m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,804 mi
9,341 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Manchester 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 Manchester
Nearest destinations
- Manchester → London
- Manchester → Dublin
- Manchester → Edinburgh
- Manchester → Amsterdam
- Manchester → Brussels
- Manchester → Paris
- Manchester → Frankfurt
- Manchester → Copenhagen
- Manchester → Zurich
- Manchester → Berlin
Long-haul from Manchester
- Manchester → Auckland
- Manchester → Sydney
- Manchester → Melbourne
- Manchester → Bali (Denpasar)
- Manchester → Santiago
- Manchester → Buenos Aires
- Manchester → Singapore
- Manchester → Manila
- Manchester → Kuala Lumpur
- Manchester → Cape Town
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