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GIG Rio de Janeiro ⇄ LIS Lisbon

Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (Brazil) and Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (Portugal): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,715 km4,794 mi4,166 nautical miles
GIG → LIS9 h 40 minestimated block time
LIS → GIG10 hestimated block time
Clock change+3 hLisbon vs Rio de Janeiro, today
Great-circle route from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Lisbon (LIS)GIGRio de JaneiroLISLisbon
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

GIG → LIS

9 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 28° (NNE).

Leave Rio de Janeiro Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 22:40 local.

LIS → GIG

10 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 214° (SSW).

Leave Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Rio de Janeiro Sat 7 Nov, 17:00 local.

GIG-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 distance7,715 km · 4,794 mi · 4,166 nmi
Initial heading28° (NNE) from GIG; 214° (SSW) from LIS
Farthest from the equator38.8°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip39% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

GIGAmerica/Sao_Paulo — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
LISEurope/Lisbon — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLisbon is 3 hours ahead of Rio de Janeiro today; +3 h in January and +4 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying GIG → LIS. Your body clock has to move 3 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 3 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

GIG Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio de Janeiro, Brazil · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m LIS Lisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon, Portugal · longest runway 12,500 ft3,810 m

More routes from GIG and LIS

GRUGIG São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro 336 km209 mi · 1 h 25 min MADLIS Madrid – Lisbon 513 km319 mi · 1 h 40 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min LHRLIS London – Lisbon 1,564 km972 mi · 2 h 55 min JFKLIS New York – Lisbon 5,404 km3,358 mi · 6 h 35 min EWRLIS Newark – Lisbon 5,434 km3,376 mi · 6 h 40 min GRULIS São Paulo – Lisbon 7,935 km4,930 mi · 9 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

SEAHND Seattle – Tokyo 7,711 km4,792 mi · 10 h 35 min SEALHR Seattle – London 7,702 km4,786 mi · 9 h 25 min IAHLHR Houston – London 7,763 km4,824 mi · 9 h 15 min JFKGRU New York – São Paulo 7,664 km4,762 mi · 9 h 35 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).