Distance from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and São Paulo, Brazil is 360 km (224 mi · 194 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 360 km · 224 mi · 194 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo
- 258° (WSW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro
- 79° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 14 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- 08:42 UTC / 20:50 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 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.