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GRU São Paulo ⇄ LIM Lima

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

Distance3,475 km2,159 mi1,876 nautical miles
GRU → LIM5 h 10 minestimated block time
LIM → GRU4 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hLima vs São Paulo, today
Great-circle route from São Paulo (GRU) to Lima (LIM)GRUSão PauloLIMLima
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 → LIM

5 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 286° (WNW).

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lima Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

LIM → GRU

4 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 116° (ESE).

Leave Lima Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 16:50 local.

LIM-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly 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 distance3,475 km · 2,159 mi · 1,876 nmi
Initial heading286° (WNW) from GRU; 116° (ESE) from LIM
Farthest from the equator23.4°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip17% 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)
LIMAmerica/Lima — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceLima is 2 hours behind São Paulo today.

Jet lag, flying GRU → LIM. Your body clock has to move 2 hours later, like a westward 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

GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m LIM Jorge Chávez International AirportLima, Peru · longest runway 11,506 ft3,507 m

More routes from GRU and LIM

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 ATLGRU Atlanta – São Paulo 7,510 km4,667 mi · 9 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 BOGLIM Bogotá – Lima 1,888 km1,173 mi · 3 h 10 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 min LIMMAD Lima – Madrid 9,526 km5,919 mi · 11 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRCAI London – Cairo 3,533 km2,195 mi · 4 h 45 min LAXCUN Los Angeles – Cancún 3,407 km2,117 mi · 4 h 40 min JFKMEX New York – Mexico City 3,365 km2,091 mi · 5 h 05 min IAHBOG Houston – Bogotá 3,585 km2,228 mi · 5 h

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).