✈ GIG → AMS
12H 8M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,940 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Amsterdam
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Amsterdam → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Amsterdam?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Amsterdam (AMS) takes about 12 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,940 miles (9,560 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 8m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,940 mi
9,560 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Amsterdam timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Amsterdam
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
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 from Rio de Janeiro
Nearest destinations
- Rio de Janeiro → 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
Long-haul from Rio de Janeiro
- 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)
More flights to Europe
Flights to Amsterdam
Nearest origins
- Brussels → Amsterdam
- Frankfurt → Amsterdam
- London → Amsterdam
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Manchester → Amsterdam
- Berlin → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Copenhagen → Amsterdam
- Munich → Amsterdam
- Edinburgh → Amsterdam