✈ MXP → GIG
11H 45M FROM MILAN TO RIO DE JANEIRO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Milan to Rio de Janeiro
From Malpensa (MXP), Italy Europe → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Milan
How long is the flight from Milan to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Milan (MXP) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 11 hours 45 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,742 miles (9,241 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 45m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,742 mi
9,241 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Milan timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
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 Milan
Nearest destinations
- Milan → Zurich
- Milan → Munich
- Milan → Frankfurt
- Milan → Rome
- Milan → Paris
- Milan → Prague
- Milan → Vienna
- Milan → Brussels
- Milan → Barcelona
- Milan → Amsterdam
Long-haul from Milan
- Milan → Auckland
- Milan → Sydney
- Milan → Melbourne
- Milan → Bali (Denpasar)
- Milan → Santiago
- Milan → Buenos Aires
- Milan → Manila
- Milan → Singapore
- Milan → Kuala Lumpur
- Milan → Mexico City
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