Distance from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro
Flying the shortest possible route, Rio de Janeiro lies 8,529 km (5,300 miles, 4,605 nautical miles) from Chicago — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,529 km · 5,300 mi · 4,605 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Rio de Janeiro
- 138° (SE)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Chicago
- 328° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 268 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
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
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:32 UTC / 22:38 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.