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✈ GIG → AUH

RIO DE JANEIRO → ABU DHABI IN 14H 47M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
14h 47m
Distance
7,324 mi
Or
11,787 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Abu Dhabi

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Rio de Janeiro

How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 14 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,324 miles (11,787 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 47m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,324 mi

11,787 km · great-circle

Avg speed

797 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1744 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2016 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 483 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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