✈ GIG → PEK
21H 22M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Beijing
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 21 hours 22 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,760 miles (17,317 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
21h 22m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,760 mi
17,317 km · great-circle
Avg speed
811 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+11h
11 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~11d
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 → Bangkok
- Rio de Janeiro → Bali (Denpasar)
- Rio de Janeiro → Singapore
More flights to Asia
Flights to Beijing
Nearest origins
- Seoul → Beijing
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Taipei → Beijing
- Osaka → Beijing
- Hong Kong → Beijing
- Tokyo → Beijing
- Manila → Beijing
- Bangkok → Beijing
- Delhi → Beijing
- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing