✈ FCO → GIG
11H 40M, 5,698 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro
From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Rome
How long is the flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 11 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,698 miles (9,170 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 40m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,698 mi
9,170 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Westward — easier
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 Rome
Nearest destinations
- Rome → Milan
- Rome → Zurich
- Rome → Munich
- Rome → Vienna
- Rome → Budapest
- Rome → Barcelona
- Rome → Prague
- Rome → Frankfurt
- Rome → Athens
- Rome → Paris
Long-haul from Rome
- Rome → Auckland
- Rome → Sydney
- Rome → Melbourne
- Rome → Santiago
- Rome → Bali (Denpasar)
- Rome → Buenos Aires
- Rome → Manila
- Rome → Mexico City
- Rome → Los Angeles
- Rome → San Francisco
More flights to South America
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
Nearest origins
- 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 → Rio de Janeiro
Long-haul to 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) → Rio de Janeiro