✈ GIG → MUC
12H 12M FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO MUNICH. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Munich
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Munich Airport (MUC), Germany Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Munich → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Munich?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Munich (MUC) takes about 12 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,975 miles (9,616 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 12m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,975 mi
9,616 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Munich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
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
- Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo
- Rio de Janeiro → Buenos Aires
- Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
- Rio de Janeiro → Cape Town
- Rio de Janeiro → Miami
- Rio de Janeiro → Cancun
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Casablanca
- Rio de Janeiro → Atlanta
- Rio de Janeiro → Mexico City
Long-haul from Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro → Osaka
- Rio de Janeiro → Tokyo
- Rio de Janeiro → Taipei
- Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
- Rio de Janeiro → Manila
- Rio de Janeiro → Seoul
- Rio de Janeiro → Hong Kong
- Rio de Janeiro → Beijing
- Rio de Janeiro → Bangkok
- Rio de Janeiro → Bali (Denpasar)
More flights to Europe
Flights to Munich
Nearest origins
- Zurich → Munich
- Prague → Munich
- Frankfurt → Munich
- Vienna → Munich
- Milan → Munich
- Berlin → Munich
- Budapest → Munich
- Brussels → Munich
- Amsterdam → Munich
- Paris → Munich