Distance from Bangkok to São Paulo

Bangkok (Thailand) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 16,396 km apart — that's 10,188 miles or 8,853 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).

The numbers
Great-circle distance
16,396 km · 10,188 mi · 8,853 nmi
Initial bearing Bangkok → São Paulo
248° (WSW)
Initial bearing São Paulo → Bangkok
102° (ESE)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 19 h 57 min
Time zones
Bangkok UTC+07:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-10 h)
Sunrise gap today
588 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok

Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.

The two cities
Bangkok
13.7540, 100.5014
Sunrise / sunset today
23:08 UTC / 11:15 UTC
São Paulo
-23.5475, -46.6361
Sunrise / sunset today
08:56 UTC / 21:04 UTC

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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.