✈ MEX → GIG
9H 53M FROM MEXICO CITY TO RIO DE JANEIRO. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro
From Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
How long is the flight from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Mexico City (MEX) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 9 hours 53 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,763 miles (7,666 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 53m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,763 mi
7,666 km · great-circle
Avg speed
776 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
+3h
3 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~3d
Eastward — worse
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 to Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- Lisbon → Rio de Janeiro
- New York → Rio de Janeiro
- Boston → Rio de Janeiro