✈ MIA → GIG
8H 45M FROM MIAMI TO RIO DE JANEIRO. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Miami to Rio de Janeiro
From Miami International (MIA), USA North America → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
How long is the flight from Miami to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Miami (MIA) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 8 hours 45 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,174 miles (6,718 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 45m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,174 mi
6,718 km · great-circle
Avg speed
768 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Miami timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
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
- 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
- New York → Rio de Janeiro
- Boston → Rio de Janeiro