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GRU São Paulo ⇄ GIG Rio de Janeiro

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

Distance336 km209 mi182 nautical miles
GRU → GIG1 h 25 minestimated block time
GIG → GRU1 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hRio de Janeiro vs São Paulo, today
Great-circle route from São Paulo (GRU) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG)GRUSão PauloGIGRio 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

GRU → GIG

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 79° (E).

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

GIG → GRU

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 258° (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 distance336 km · 209 mi · 182 nmi
Initial heading79° (E) from GRU; 258° (WSW) from GIG
Farthest from the equator23.4°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

GRUAmerica/Sao_Paulo — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
GIGAmerica/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 GRU → GIG. 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

GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m GIG Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportRio de Janeiro, Brazil · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from GRU and GIG

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Routes of a similar length

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