✈ GIG → BOS

10H 1M FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO BOSTON. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.

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

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.