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✈ GIG → BOS

10H 1M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.

Flight time
10h 1m
Distance
4,839 mi
Or
7,788 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Boston

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Logan (BOS), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Boston → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Boston (BOS) takes about 10 hours 1 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,839 miles (7,788 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 1m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,839 mi

7,788 km · great-circle

Avg speed

777 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Boston timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Time difference

-1h

1 hour behind

Jet lag (rough)

~0.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1153 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1332 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 319 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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