Distance from Paris to Rio de Janeiro
Paris (France) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) are 9,167 km apart — that's 5,696 miles or 4,950 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,167 km · 5,696 mi · 4,950 nmi
- Initial bearing Paris → Rio de Janeiro
- 222° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Paris
- 28° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Paris UTC+02:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 183 min — the sun rises earlier in Paris
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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:39 UTC / 17:49 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.