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Dubai (DXB) – Rio de Janeiro (GIG)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
11,885 km
7,385 mi · 6,417 nm
Flight time
14 h 50 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
7 h
CO2 per passenger
1,391 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (823 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
77,419
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · +46.2%
Flights / week
11
Both directions, average
Seats filled
38%
204,050 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
1
UAE

Traffic: ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from DXB to GIGDXBGIG
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from DXB
252°
Heading from GIG
69°
Halfway point
1.88, 5.43
Great-circle km
11,884 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Rio de Janeiro is 7 h behind Dubai

The estimate for a route without real times is 14 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 8,763 passengers
05K10KSepOctNovDec8.8KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Month Passengers
Sep 20255,761
Oct 20256,637
Nov 20257,763
Dec 20258,763
Jan 20268,452
Feb 20267,803
Mar 20261,990
Apr 20263,914
May 20265,130
Jun 20265,061
Jul 20268,347
Aug 20267,798
Flights per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: January 2026: 62 flights
050100SepOctNovDecJan62FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Month Flights
Sep 202542
Oct 202547
Nov 202560
Dec 202561
Jan 202662
Feb 202655
Mar 202629
Apr 202632
May 202646
Jun 202638
Jul 202653
Aug 202652

Airlines flying DXB–GIG nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
UAEEmirates11
100%

Both directions, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights. Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 11,884 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Dubai and Rio de Janeiro

GIGSDU
DXB11,88511,880
DWC11,85311,848

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Dubai airports · All Rio de Janeiro airports

More routes from DXB

Route Distance Passengers / year
DXB → BOM1,927 km 2,390,373
DXB → DEL2,186 km 2,174,793
DXB → IST3,032 km 1,429,665
DXB → CDG5,245 km 1,268,474
DXB → HYD2,548 km 1,032,477
DXB → AMS5,175 km 991,087
DXB → COK2,780 km 987,678
DXB → MAA2,933 km 943,633
DXB → FRA4,849 km 940,081
DXB → BLR2,694 km 890,558

More routes from GIG

Route Distance Passengers / year
GIG → GRU337 km 1,487,249
GIG → POA1,121 km 1,148,850
GIG → SCL2,937 km 1,031,084
GIG → AEP1,968 km 1,003,919
GIG → SSA1,214 km 909,405
GIG → REC1,853 km 878,624
GIG → VIX417 km 824,564
GIG → CWB673 km 797,804
GIG → FOR2,167 km 758,621
GIG → BSB911 km 721,733

Questions

Dubai (DXB) and Rio de Janeiro (GIG) are 11,885 km (7,385 miles, 6,417 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.