✈ SCL → GIG
4H 15M FROM SANTIAGO TO RIO DE JANEIRO. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.
Flight from Santiago to Rio de Janeiro
From Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
How long is the flight from Santiago to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Santiago (SCL) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 4 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,824 miles (2,935 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 15m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,824 mi
2,935 km · great-circle
Avg speed
692 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Santiago
Nearest destinations
- Santiago → Buenos Aires
- Santiago → São Paulo
- Santiago → Cancun
- Santiago → Mexico City
- Santiago → Miami
- Santiago → Atlanta
- Santiago → Dallas
- Santiago → Cape Town
- Santiago → New York
- Santiago → Boston
Long-haul from Santiago
Flights to Rio de Janeiro
Nearest origins
- São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro
- Buenos Aires → 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