✈ PVG → GIG
22H 30M FROM SHANGHAI TO RIO DE JANEIRO. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 22 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 11,352 miles (18,270 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
22h 30m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
11,352 mi
18,270 km · great-circle
Avg speed
812 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
-11h
11 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~7.7d
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 Shanghai
Nearest destinations
- Shanghai → Taipei
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Shanghai → Hong Kong
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Shanghai → Tokyo
- Shanghai → Manila
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- Shanghai → Singapore
Long-haul from Shanghai
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
- 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
- Singapore → Rio de Janeiro