✈ GIG → BUD
12H 39M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,209 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Budapest
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Budapest → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Budapest?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 12 hours 39 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,209 miles (9,993 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 39m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,209 mi
9,993 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Budapest timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Budapest
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 Budapest
Nearest origins
- Vienna → Budapest
- Prague → Budapest
- Warsaw → Budapest
- Munich → Budapest
- Bucharest → Budapest
- Berlin → Budapest
- Zurich → Budapest
- Milan → Budapest
- Frankfurt → Budapest
- Rome → Budapest