✈ GIG → PVG

22H 30M, 11,352 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
22h 30m
Distance
11,352 mi
Or
18,270 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Shanghai

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 22 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 11,352 miles (18,270 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

22h 30m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

11,352 mi

18,270 km · great-circle

Avg speed

812 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+11h

11 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~11d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2704 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 3124 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 749 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.