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CGH São Paulo ⇄ SDU Rio de Janeiro

Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (Brazil) and Santos Dumont Airport (Brazil): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance365 km227 mi197 nautical miles
CGH → SDU1 h 25 minestimated block time
SDU → CGH1 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hRio de Janeiro vs São Paulo, today
Great-circle route from São Paulo (CGH) to Rio de Janeiro (SDU)CGHSão PauloSDURio de Janeiro
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

CGH → SDU

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 78° (ENE).

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Rio de Janeiro Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

SDU → CGH

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 257° (WSW).

Leave Rio de Janeiro Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

The two directions differ by 3 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance365 km · 227 mi · 197 nmi
Initial heading78° (ENE) from CGH; 257° (WSW) from SDU
Farthest from the equator23.6°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CGHAmerica/Sao_Paulo — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
SDUAmerica/Sao_Paulo — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceRio de Janeiro is on the same clock as São Paulo today.

Jet lag, flying CGH → SDU. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CGH Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 6,365 ft1,940 m SDU Santos Dumont AirportRio de Janeiro, Brazil · longest runway 4,341 ft1,323 m

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Routes of a similar length

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min DFWIAH Dallas–Fort Worth – Houston 362 km225 mi · 1 h 25 min LHRAMS London – Amsterdam 370 km230 mi · 1 h 25 min ISTADB Istanbul – Izmir 358 km222 mi · 1 h 30 min

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