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GRU São Paulo ⇄ CDG Paris

São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (Brazil) and Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance9,405 km5,844 mi5,078 nautical miles
GRU → CDG11 h 25 minestimated block time
CDG → GRU12 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hParis vs São Paulo, today
Great-circle route from São Paulo (GRU) to Paris (CDG)GRUSão PauloCDGParis
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

GRU → CDG

11 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 30° (NNE).

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sun 8 Nov, 01:25 local +1 day.

CDG → GRU

12 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 224° (SW).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 18:05 local.

GRU-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance9,405 km · 5,844 mi · 5,078 nmi
Initial heading30° (NNE) from GRU; 224° (SW) from CDG
Farthest from the equator49.0°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip47% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

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

Jet lag, flying GRU → CDG. Your body clock has to move 4 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 4 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

GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m

More routes from GRU and CDG

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 JFKGRU New York – São Paulo 7,664 km4,762 mi · 9 h 35 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 LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min LAXCDG Los Angeles – Paris 9,103 km5,656 mi · 10 h 50 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 min LAXFRA Los Angeles – Frankfurt 9,322 km5,792 mi · 11 h 05 min SFOPEK San Francisco – Beijing 9,494 km5,899 mi · 12 h 40 min LIMMAD Lima – Madrid 9,526 km5,919 mi · 11 h 25 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).