Distance from Rio de Janeiro to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 13,521 km (8,402 miles, 7,301 nautical miles) from Rio de Janeiro — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,521 km · 8,402 mi · 7,301 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Sydney
- 194° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Rio de Janeiro
- 164° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 795 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.