Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 15,642 km (9,720 mi · 8,446 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,642 km · 9,720 mi · 8,446 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Rio de Janeiro
- 237° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Kuala Lumpur
- 115° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 611 min — the sun rises earlier in Kuala Lumpur
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
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 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.