Distance from Rio de Janeiro to Rome
The great-circle distance between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Rome, Italy is 9,199 km (5,716 mi · 4,967 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,199 km · 5,716 mi · 4,967 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Rome
- 38° (NE)
- Initial bearing Rome → Rio de Janeiro
- 230° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · Rome UTC+01:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 133 min — the sun rises later in Rio de Janeiro
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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:05 UTC / 21:10 UTC
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:51 UTC / 15:58 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.