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✈ SFO → GIG

13H 25M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO RIO DE JANEIRO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

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

Flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro

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

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

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

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) 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

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+4h

4 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4d

Eastward — worse

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.

Flights from San Francisco

Nearest destinations

Long-haul from San Francisco

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Flights to Rio de Janeiro

Nearest origins

Long-haul to Rio de Janeiro

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