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✈ GIG → ZRH

RIO DE JANEIRO → ZURICH IN 11H 54M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 54m
Distance
5,823 mi
Or
9,371 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Zurich

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Zurich → Rio de Janeiro

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

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Zurich (ZRH) takes about 11 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,823 miles (9,371 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 54m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,823 mi

9,371 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1387 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1602 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 384 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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