Fastest€193.66
- Sky Express SE578406:263h 22m09:48São Luís SLZRio de Janeiro SDU
Door to door 6h 32mCO2 574.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
São Luís to Rio de Janeiro flight
Flights from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro start at €191.89 and take 6h 32m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price São Luís to Rio de Janeiro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro starts at €191.89 and takes 6h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,337 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 6h 32mDoor to door
- 3h 22mMoving
- €191.89 to €491.61From
- 06:26 to 14:41First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 574.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€191.89 to €491.61 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 €380.69Wed16
- about €491.61Thu17
- about €336.44Fri18
- about €377.15Sat19
- about €354.73Sun20
- about €299.86Mon21
- about €226.11Tue22
- about €242.63Wed23
- about €329.36Thu24
- about €272.72Fri25
- about €313.43Sat26
- about €304.58Sun27
- about €225.52Mon28
- about €191.89Tue29
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 October 5, 2026
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Sky Express | €184.81 | 6h 31m |
| TAM Brazilian Airlines | €191.89 | 6h 32m |
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 São Luís to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €111.2890 days
- €95.3360 days
- €92.0345 days
- €117.8830 days
- €97.5321 days
- €107.9814 days
- €125.587 days
- €173.983 days
- €197.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €92.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €197.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €138.78Sun
- €141.53Mon
- €107.98Tue
- €127.23Wed
- €162.43Thu
- €143.73Fri
- €165.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São Luís
Air
- SLZ
Rio de Janeiro
Air
- GIG
- SDU
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,337 km against 2,269 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Belo Horizonte, Teresina, Ouro Preto, Picos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 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 São Luís at 06:26 and the last at 14:41, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6h 32m | 3h 22m | 3h 10m | €191.89 | 574.9 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 31h 7m | 30h 23m | 44m | €107.98 | 61.3 kg | 6 |
Questions about São Luís to Rio de Janeiro
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 São Luís to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro takes 6h 32m door to door, of which 3h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 2,337 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 Luís to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro starts at €191.89 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €206.64. 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 Luís to Rio de Janeiro?
2 operators run the Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro: Sky Express, TAM Brazilian Airlines. 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 Luís to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro leaves from São Luís SLZ 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.
Is the Flight the best way from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro?
Traveling from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro by Coach costs €107.98 and takes 31h 7m door to door, against 6h 32m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €92.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Flight from São Luís to Rio de Janeiro produces about 574.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2337 km, which works out at roughly 246 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 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 São Luís to Rio de Janeiro on September 15, 2026: 2337 km of route against 2269 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €191.89, and 6h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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