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GRU São Paulo ⇄ SCL Santiago

São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (Brazil) and Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (Chile): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,615 km1,625 mi1,412 nautical miles
GRU → SCL4 h 15 minestimated block time
SCL → GRU3 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hSantiago vs São Paulo, today
Great-circle route from São Paulo (GRU) to Santiago (SCL)GRUSão PauloSCLSantiago
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 → SCL

4 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 240° (WSW).

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 14:15 local.

SCL → GRU

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 71° (ENE).

Leave Santiago Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

SCL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance2,615 km · 1,625 mi · 1,412 nmi
Initial heading240° (WSW) from GRU; 71° (ENE) from SCL
Farthest from the equator33.4°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% 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)
SCLAmerica/Santiago — UTC−3 now; UTC−4 standard time, UTC−3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSantiago is on the same clock as São Paulo today; ±0 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying GRU → SCL. 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 SCL Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportSantiago, Chile · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m

More routes from GRU and SCL

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 SCLEZE Santiago – Buenos Aires 1,138 km707 mi · 2 h 15 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 min SYDSCL Sydney – Santiago 11,340 km7,047 mi · 13 h 10 min

Routes of a similar length

LGWJTR London – Santorini 2,610 km1,622 mi · 3 h 50 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min YYZCUN Toronto – Cancún 2,605 km1,618 mi · 4 h 05 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 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).