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GRU São Paulo ⇄ LIS Lisbon

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

Distance7,935 km4,930 mi4,284 nautical miles
GRU → LIS9 h 55 minestimated block time
LIS → GRU10 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+3 hLisbon vs São Paulo, today
Great-circle route from São Paulo (GRU) to Lisbon (LIS)GRUSão PauloLISLisbon
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 → LIS

9 h 55 min

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

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 22:55 local.

LIS → GRU

10 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 216° (SW).

Leave Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 17:15 local.

GRU-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance7,935 km · 4,930 mi · 4,284 nmi
Initial heading30° (NNE) from GRU; 216° (SW) from LIS
Farthest from the equator38.8°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip40% 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)
LISEurope/Lisbon — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLisbon is 3 hours ahead of São Paulo 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 GRU → 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

GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m LIS Lisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon, Portugal · longest runway 12,500 ft3,810 m

More routes from GRU and LIS

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 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 GIGLIS Rio de Janeiro – Lisbon 7,715 km4,794 mi · 9 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKATH New York – Athens 7,933 km4,929 mi · 9 h 20 min MADCUN Madrid – Cancún 7,960 km4,946 mi · 11 h LGWCUN London – Cancún 7,976 km4,956 mi · 10 h 55 min JFKHNL New York – Honolulu 8,007 km4,975 mi · 11 h 05 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).