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✈ GIG → YVR

14H 6M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
14h 6m
Distance
6,968 mi
Or
11,214 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Vancouver

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  YVR (YVR), Canada North America

↔ Flying the other way? Vancouver → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Vancouver (YVR) takes about 14 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,968 miles (11,214 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 6m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,968 mi

11,214 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

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 1660 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1918 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 460 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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