Distance from Delhi to Rio de Janeiro
Delhi (India) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) are 14,074 km apart — that's 8,745 miles or 7,600 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,074 km · 8,745 mi · 7,600 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Rio de Janeiro
- 262° (W)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Delhi
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-8.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 482 min — the sun rises earlier in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:40 UTC / 12:48 UTC
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:42 UTC / 20:50 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.