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✈ GIG → BCN

RIO DE JANEIRO → BARCELONA IN 10H 54M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 54m
Distance
5,295 mi
Or
8,522 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Barcelona

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  El Prat (BCN), Spain Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Barcelona → Rio de Janeiro

How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Barcelona?

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Barcelona (BCN) takes about 10 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,295 miles (8,522 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 54m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,295 mi

8,522 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Barcelona timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1261 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1457 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 349 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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