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✈ GIG → KUL

19H 21M FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO KUALA LUMPUR. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
19h 21m
Distance
9,712 mi
Or
15,630 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Kuala Lumpur

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → Rio de Janeiro

How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Kuala Lumpur?

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 19 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,712 miles (15,630 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 21m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,712 mi

15,630 km · great-circle

Avg speed

807 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Time difference

+11h

11 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~11d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2313 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2673 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 641 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.

Flights from Rio de Janeiro

Nearest destinations

Long-haul from Rio de Janeiro

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Flights to Kuala Lumpur

Nearest origins

Long-haul to Kuala Lumpur