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ATL Atlanta ⇄ GRU São Paulo

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States) and São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (Brazil): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,510 km4,667 mi4,055 nautical miles
ATL → GRU9 h 25 minestimated block time
GRU → ATL9 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hSão Paulo vs Atlanta, today
Great-circle route from Atlanta (ATL) to São Paulo (GRU)ATLAtlantaGRUSão Paulo
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

ATL → GRU

9 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 142° (SE).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 21:25 local.

GRU → ATL

9 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 326° (NNW).

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 17:45 local.

ATL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance7,510 km · 4,667 mi · 4,055 nmi
Initial heading142° (SE) from ATL; 326° (NNW) from GRU
Farthest from the equator33.6°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip38% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
GRUAmerica/Sao_Paulo — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSão Paulo is 1 hour ahead of Atlanta today; +2 h in January and +1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying ATL → GRU. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m

More routes from ATL and GRU

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLCUN Atlanta – Cancún 1,421 km883 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min ATLAMS Atlanta – Amsterdam 7,066 km4,390 mi · 8 h 30 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min GRUGIG São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro 336 km209 mi · 1 h 25 min GRUEZE São Paulo – Buenos Aires 1,723 km1,070 mi · 3 h 10 min MIAGRU Miami – São Paulo 6,574 km4,085 mi · 8 h 25 min GRULIS São Paulo – Lisbon 7,935 km4,930 mi · 9 h 55 min GRULHR São Paulo – London 9,460 km5,878 mi · 11 h 30 min DXBGRU Dubai – São Paulo 12,217 km7,591 mi · 15 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

ISTBKK Istanbul – Bangkok 7,514 km4,669 mi · 9 h SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min YVRNRT Vancouver – Tokyo 7,503 km4,662 mi · 10 h 20 min DENLHR Denver – London 7,497 km4,658 mi · 9 h 05 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).