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✈ GIG → LAX

12H 49M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
12h 49m
Distance
6,300 mi
Or
10,139 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Los Angeles

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  LAX (LAX), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Rio de Janeiro

How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Los Angeles?

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 12 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,300 miles (10,139 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 49m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,300 mi

10,139 km · great-circle

Avg speed

791 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-4h

4 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~2.8d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1501 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1734 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 416 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

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