Chennai to Riyadh flight

Flights from Chennai to Riyadh start at $330.74.

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The Flights from Chennai to Riyadh starts at $330.74, run by 1 operator over 3,858 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 20, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 35mDoor to door
  • 5h 25mMoving
  • $330.74 to $795.37From
  • 1130.4 kgCO2

$330.74 to $795.37 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $624.88Wed7
  2. about $795.37Thu8
  3. about $692.55Fri9
  4. about $728.35Sat10
  5. about $548.74Sun11
  6. about $461.54Mon12
  7. about $375.64Tue13
  8. about $511.65Wed14
  9. about $637.24Thu15
  10. about $495.38Fri16
  11. about $483.02Sat17
  12. about $467.40Sun18
  13. about $399.06Mon19
  14. about $330.74Tue20

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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
Saudia$330.748h 25m740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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A hotel room

A room in Riyadh for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Riyadh railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Chennai to Riyadh

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

  1. $283.8890 days
  2. $443.3160 days
  3. $317.0745 days
  4. $401.6730 days
  5. $334.6521 days
  6. $330.7414 days
  7. $375.647 days
  8. $692.553 days
  9. $624.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $283.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is $692.55, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. $467.40Sun
  2. $399.06Mon
  3. $334.65Tue
  4. $511.65Wed
  5. $637.24Thu
  6. $495.38Fri
  7. $483.02Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Chennai

Air
  • MAA

Riyadh

Air
  • RUH
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,858 km against 3,746 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 Kozhikode, Abu Dhabi, Muscat. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

Questions about Chennai to Riyadh

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Chennai to Riyadh take?

The Flight from Chennai to Riyadh covers 3,858 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Flight from Chennai to Riyadh cost?

The Flight from Chennai to Riyadh starts at $330.74 for one passenger, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare is $349.29. 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 Chennai to Riyadh?

One operator runs the Flight from Chennai to Riyadh: Saudia. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Chennai to Riyadh use?

The Flight from Chennai to Riyadh leaves from Chennai International Airport MAA and arrives at King Khalid International Airport RUH. 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 Chennai to Riyadh?

Fares for the Flight from Chennai to Riyadh bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $283.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Chennai to Riyadh produce?

The Flight from Chennai to Riyadh produces about 1130.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3858 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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Related journeys

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

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Riyadh

Settled in advance, so the ride into Riyadh costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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