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✈ GIG → MAD

10H 27M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,063 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
10h 27m
Distance
5,063 mi
Or
8,148 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Madrid

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 10 hours 27 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,063 miles (8,148 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 27m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,063 mi

8,148 km · great-circle

Avg speed

780 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Madrid timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

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 1206 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1393 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 334 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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