✈ GIG → MAN

RIO DE JANEIRO → MANCHESTER IN 11H 52M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 52m
Distance
5,804 mi
Or
9,341 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Manchester

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Manchester → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Manchester (MAN) takes about 11 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,804 miles (9,341 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 52m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,804 mi

9,341 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Manchester timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

+4h

4 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1382 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1597 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 383 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.