Flights from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro start at €796.64 and take 14h 10m at their fastest.
The Flights from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro starts at €796.64 and takes 14h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 8,384 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Lisbon, with 99 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 16h 53mCO2 1303.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Door to door 14h 10mCO2 1240.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iberia Airlines | €691.03 | 14h 6m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
Rio de Janeiro is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.
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The Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro takes 14h 10m door to door, of which 11h 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.
The Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro starts at €796.64 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €800.48. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
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.
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.
Fares for the Flight from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €536.45. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
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 kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
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GIG is not in Rio de Janeiro, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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