Distance from Melbourne to Rio de Janeiro
Melbourne (Australia) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) are 13,210 km apart — that's 8,208 miles or 7,133 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,210 km · 8,208 mi · 7,133 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Rio de Janeiro
- 171° (S)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Melbourne
- 187° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 777 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.