FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ MIA → GIG

8H 45M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
8h 45m
Distance
4,174 mi
Or
6,718 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Miami to Rio de Janeiro

From Miami International (MIA), USA North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Miami

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.

✈ Flight 994 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1149 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 275 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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