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✈ GIG → CUN

8H 50M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
8h 50m
Distance
4,220 mi
Or
6,792 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Cancun

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America

↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 8 hours 50 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,220 miles (6,792 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 50m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,220 mi

6,792 km · great-circle

Avg speed

769 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Cancun timezone

UTC-5

America/Cancun

Time difference

-2h

2 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~1.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1005 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1161 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 278 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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