Distance from London to Rio de Janeiro
Flying the shortest possible route, Rio de Janeiro lies 9,278 km (5,765 miles, 5,010 nautical miles) from London — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,278 km · 5,765 mi · 5,010 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Rio de Janeiro
- 219° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → London
- 25° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 34 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 58 min — the sun rises earlier in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.