Distance from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 8,140 km (5,058 mi · 4,395 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,140 km · 5,058 mi · 4,395 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Rio de Janeiro
- 218° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Madrid
- 30° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 158 min — the sun rises earlier in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:04 UTC / 18:12 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.