✈ CDG → GIG
11H 41M, 5,706 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro
From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Paris
How long is the flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 11 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,706 miles (9,183 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,706 mi
9,183 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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 Paris
Nearest destinations
- Paris → Brussels
- Paris → London
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Paris → Frankfurt
- Paris → Zurich
- Paris → Manchester
- Paris → Milan
- Paris → Munich
- Paris → Dublin
- Paris → Prague
Long-haul from Paris
- Paris → Auckland
- Paris → Sydney
- Paris → Melbourne
- Paris → Bali (Denpasar)
- Paris → Santiago
- Paris → Buenos Aires
- Paris → Manila
- Paris → Singapore
- Paris → Kuala Lumpur
- Paris → Taipei
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