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✈ GIG → JNB

9H 16M. RIO DE JANEIRO TO JOHANNESBURG. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
9h 16m
Distance
4,443 mi
Or
7,151 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 9 hours 16 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,443 miles (7,151 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 16m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,443 mi

7,151 km · great-circle

Avg speed

772 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Johannesburg timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1058 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1223 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 293 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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