✈ GIG → JFK
9H 57M FROM RIO DE JANEIRO TO NEW YORK. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to New York
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to New York?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to New York (JFK) takes about 9 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,803 miles (7,730 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 57m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,803 mi
7,730 km · great-circle
Avg speed
777 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
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 North America
Flights to New York
Nearest origins
- Boston → New York
- Toronto → New York
- Chicago → New York
- Atlanta → New York
- Miami → New York
- Dallas → New York
- Cancun → New York
- Mexico City → New York
- Las Vegas → New York
- Seattle → New York
Long-haul to New York
- Melbourne → New York
- Bali (Denpasar) → New York
- Sydney → New York
- Singapore → New York
- Kuala Lumpur → New York
- Auckland → New York
- Bangkok → New York
- Manila → New York
- Hong Kong → New York
- Johannesburg → New York