Distance from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 10,010 km (6,220 mi · 5,405 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,010 km · 6,220 mi · 5,405 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Rio de Janeiro
- 230° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Berlin
- 31° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+01:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 109 min — the sun rises earlier in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:16 UTC / 15:26 UTC
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:05 UTC / 21:10 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.