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✈ GIG → SFO

RIO DE JANEIRO → SAN FRANCISCO IN 13H 25M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
13h 25m
Distance
6,611 mi
Or
10,639 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Rio de Janeiro

How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 13 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,611 miles (10,639 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,611 mi

10,639 km · great-circle

Avg speed

793 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-4h

4 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~2.8d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1575 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1819 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 436 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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