São Paulo to Abu Dhabi flight

Flights from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi start at €957.71 and take 21h 55m at their fastest.

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Captivating black and white cityscape of Abu Dhabi's skyline at night.

The Flights from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi starts at €957.71 and takes 21h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 12,480 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 21h 55mDoor to door
  • 18h 45mMoving
  • €1,255.07 to €2,587.29From
  • 06:34 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 1847.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€1,255.07 to €2,587.29 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

  1. about €2,587.29Fri18
  2. about €2,414.42Sat19
  3. about €2,213.23Sun20
  4. about €1,496.97Mon21
  5. about €1,553.61Tue22
  6. about €1,522.93Wed23
  7. about €2,143.61Thu24
  8. about €1,433.84Fri25
  9. about €1,498.74Sat26
  10. about €1,655.09Sun27
  11. about €1,392.54Mon28
  12. about €1,255.07Tue29
  13. about €1,395.49Wed30
  14. about €1,524.11Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€957.71
  1. El Al Israel Airlines EA548307:3015h 47m05:17São Paulo GRUTel Aviv TLV
  2. Etihad Airways EA561606:033h 20m10:23Tel Aviv TLVAbu Dhabi AUH

Changes at Tel Aviv, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 23h 3mCO2 2150.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€1,288.70
  1. Emirates E180207:3017h 6m07:36São Paulo GRUDubai DXB
  2. Etihad Rail ER407908:291h09:29Dubai stationAbu Dhabi station

Changes at Dubai, with 53 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 20h 56mCO2 1868.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€1,070.40
  1. Etihad Airways EA227306:3418h 45m08:19São Paulo GRUAbu Dhabi AUH

Door to door 21h 55mCO2 1847.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Etihad Airways€1,053.2919h 13m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Etihad Airways

The flight gets you into Abu Dhabi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Abu Dhabi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book São Paulo to Abu Dhabi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €1,013.7690 days
  2. €822.6060 days
  3. €935.2945 days
  4. €999.0130 days
  5. €1,235.6021 days
  6. €1,524.1114 days
  7. €2,143.617 days
  8. €2,213.233 days
  9. €2,587.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €822.60.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 215 percent. The dearest point is €2,587.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €1,655.09Sun
  2. €1,392.54Mon
  3. €1,255.07Tue
  4. €1,395.49Wed
  5. €1,524.11Thu
  6. €1,433.84Fri
  7. €1,498.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Paulo

Air
  • GRU
  • CGH

Abu Dhabi

Air
  • AUH
  • AZI
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 12,480 km against 12,117 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 Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 São Paulo at 06:34 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about São Paulo to Abu Dhabi

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 São Paulo to Abu Dhabi take?

The Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi takes 21h 55m door to door, of which 18h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 12,480 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 São Paulo to Abu Dhabi cost?

The Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi starts at €957.71 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €1,070.40. 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 São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

1 operators run the Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways. Between them they file around 5 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 São Paulo to Abu Dhabi use?

The Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi leaves from São Paulo GRU and arrives at Abu Dhabi AUH. 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 São Paulo to Abu Dhabi?

Fares for the Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €822.60. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi produce?

The Flight from São Paulo to Abu Dhabi produces about 1847.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 12480 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 São Paulo to Abu Dhabi on 17 September 2026: 12480 km of route against 12117 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €957.71, and 21h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

Abu Dhabi is large, and the road in from AUH can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Abu Dhabi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Abu Dhabi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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