✈ GIG → CDG
11H 41M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,706 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Paris → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG) takes about 11 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,706 miles (9,183 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,706 mi
9,183 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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 Paris
Nearest origins
- Brussels → Paris
- London → Paris
- Amsterdam → Paris
- Frankfurt → Paris
- Zurich → Paris
- Manchester → Paris
- Milan → Paris
- Munich → Paris
- Dublin → Paris
- Prague → Paris
Long-haul to Paris
- Auckland → Paris
- Sydney → Paris
- Melbourne → Paris
- Bali (Denpasar) → Paris
- Santiago → Paris
- Buenos Aires → Paris
- Manila → Paris
- Singapore → Paris
- Kuala Lumpur → Paris
- Taipei → Paris