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MIA Miami ⇄ GRU São Paulo

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

Distance6,574 km4,085 mi3,549 nautical miles
MIA → GRU8 h 25 minestimated block time
GRU → MIA8 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hSão Paulo vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to São Paulo (GRU)MIAMiamiGRUSão Paulo
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

MIA → GRU

8 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 143° (SE).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 20:25 local.

GRU → MIA

8 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 324° (NW).

Leave São Paulo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 16:40 local.

The two directions differ by 14 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance6,574 km · 4,085 mi · 3,549 nmi
Initial heading143° (SE) from MIA; 324° (NW) from GRU
Farthest from the equator25.8°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip33% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
GRUAmerica/Sao_Paulo — UTC−3 now; UTC−3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSão Paulo is 1 hour ahead of Miami today; +2 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 MIA → GRU. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward 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

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m GRU São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportSão Paulo, Brazil · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m

More routes from MIA and GRU

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min JFKMIA New York – Miami 1,757 km1,092 mi · 3 h 05 min MIAPTY Miami – Panama City 1,862 km1,157 mi · 3 h 10 min LAXMIA Los Angeles – Miami 3,763 km2,338 mi · 5 h MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 min 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

Routes of a similar length

CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min SYDKUL Sydney – Kuala Lumpur 6,585 km4,092 mi · 8 h 50 min LHRANU London – St. John's 6,553 km4,072 mi · 9 h 05 min IADFRA Washington – Frankfurt 6,550 km4,070 mi · 7 h 55 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).