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✈ YVR → GIG

14H 6M, 6,968 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
14h 6m
Distance
6,968 mi
Or
11,214 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Vancouver to Rio de Janeiro

From YVR (YVR), Canada North America  →  Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? Rio de Janeiro → Vancouver

How long is the flight from Vancouver to Rio de Janeiro?

A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) takes about 14 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,968 miles (11,214 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 6m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,968 mi

11,214 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

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 1660 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1918 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 460 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.

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Nearest origins

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