✈ SFO → GIG
SAN FRANCISCO → RIO DE JANEIRO IN 13H 25M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
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.
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
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- Lisbon → Rio de Janeiro
- New York → Rio de Janeiro