✈ GIG → BRU
11H 59M, 5,861 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Brussels
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Brussels → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Brussels?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Brussels (BRU) takes about 11 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,861 miles (9,432 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,861 mi
9,432 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Brussels timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
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 Brussels
Nearest origins
- Amsterdam → Brussels
- Paris → Brussels
- Frankfurt → Brussels
- London → Brussels
- Zurich → Brussels
- Manchester → Brussels
- Munich → Brussels
- Berlin → Brussels
- Milan → Brussels
- Prague → Brussels