Distance from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 1,967 km (1,223 mi · 1,062 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,967 km · 1,223 mi · 1,062 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro
- 53° (NE)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Buenos Aires
- 225° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 78 min — the sun rises later in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:42 UTC / 21:18 UTC
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:24 UTC / 20:35 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.