Cheapest€601.94
- Iberia Airlines IA595206:1511h 48m18:03Madrid MADRio de Janeiro GIG
Door to door 14h 58mCO2 1240.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Madrid to Rio de Janeiro flight
Flights from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro start at €682.18 and take 14h 6m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Madrid to Rio de Janeiro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro starts at €682.18 and takes 14h 6m door to door, run by 1 operator over 8,384 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 14h 6mDoor to door
- 10h 56mMoving
- €682.18 to €1,459.21From
- 06:15 to 14:28First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 1240.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€682.18 to €1,459.21 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,308.17Tue15
- about €1,454.49Wed16
- about €1,459.21Thu17
- about €1,217.31Fri18
- about €1,318.79Sat19
- about €1,280.44Sun20
- about €846.79Mon21
- about €858.00Tue22
- about €894.58Wed23
- about €1,113.47Thu24
- about €1,014.94Fri25
- about €1,030.28Sat26
- about €953.58Sun27
- about €682.18Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Fastest€864.49
- Iberia Airlines IA246914:2810h 56m01:24Madrid MADRio de Janeiro SDU
Door to door 14h 6mCO2 1240.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iberia Airlines | €601.94 | 14h 6m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The flight gets you into Rio de Janeiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Madrid to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €762.4290 days
- €640.8860 days
- €710.5045 days
- €620.2330 days
- €601.9421 days
- €682.1814 days
- €846.797 days
- €1,459.213 days
- €1,308.171 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €601.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 142 percent. The dearest point is €1,459.21, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €953.58Sun
- €682.18Mon
- €858.00Tue
- €894.58Wed
- €1,113.47Thu
- €1,014.94Fri
- €1,030.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Madrid
Air
- MAD
Rio de Janeiro
Air
- GIG
- SDU
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 8,384 km against 8,140 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Fortaleza, Salvador, Recife, Lisbon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Madrid at 06:15 and the last at 14:28, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Madrid to Rio de Janeiro
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro takes 14h 6m door to door, of which 10h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 8,384 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro starts at €682.18 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €730.56. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro?
1 operators run the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro: Iberia Airlines. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Madrid MAD and arrives at Rio de Janeiro SDU. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €601.94. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 142 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro produces about 1240.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8384 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Madrid to Rio de Janeiro on 14 September 2026: 8384 km of route against 8140 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €682.18, and 14h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Rio de Janeiro is large, and the road in from GIG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Rio de Janeiro
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