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Abu Dhabi to São Paulo

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo. From €927.62, fastest 19h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Abu Dhabi to São Paulo runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €927.62, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 19h 23m over 12,480 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €927.62, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€927.62

  • 254%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Abu Dhabi

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:36First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

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 €2,413.24Sat19
  3. about €2,146.44Sun20
  4. about €1,610.84Mon21
  5. about €1,605.53Tue22
  6. about €1,522.93Wed23
  7. about €1,929.74Thu24
  8. about €1,622.64Fri25
  9. about €1,732.38Sat26
  10. about €1,319.79Sun27
  11. about €1,264.51Mon28
  12. about €1,285.75Tue29
  13. about €1,401.39Wed30
  14. about €1,537.68Thu1
  15. about €1,403.75Fri2
  16. about €1,133.34Sat3
  17. about €1,080.43Sun4
  18. about €927.62Mon5
  19. about €986.49Tue6
  20. about €1,194.89Wed7
  21. about €1,235.60Thu8

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 flight gets you into São Paulo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in São Paulo for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Ipiranga (CPTM, São Paulo Metro) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Abu Dhabi to São Paulo

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

  1. €983.7490 days
  2. €731.1560 days
  3. €994.2945 days
  4. €999.0130 days
  5. €1,235.6021 days
  6. €1,537.6814 days
  7. €1,929.747 days
  8. €2,146.443 days
  9. €2,587.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €731.15.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 254 percent. The most expensive 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.
€2,587.29€731.15137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Abu Dhabi to São Paulo and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

7 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

12,480 km

12,117 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,807,00012,400,232

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Abu DhabiAbu DhabiSão PauloSão Paulo
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 Tel Aviv, Doha, Addis Ababa, Dubai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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.

São Paulo is large, and the road in from GRU 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 São Paulo

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Ipiranga (CPTM, São Paulo Metro)

Most of the points near Ipiranga (CPTM, São Paulo Metro) open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Abu Dhabi to São Paulo

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 it take to get from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

The fastest journey from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo takes 19h 23m door to door, of which 17h 51m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 20h 21m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

The cheapest fare from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo is €927.62, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,542.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

The cheapest way from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo is by flight, at €927.62 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 21h 1m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

Fares from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €731.15. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 254 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo, at €1,264.51. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo, at €723.59 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

No operator record names Abu Dhabi to São Paulo directly. Etihad Airways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

20 percent of the services we sell from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo are direct. The rest connect at Tel Aviv, Doha, Addis Ababa, Dubai, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo use?

Services from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo by flight leave from Abu Dhabi AUH and arrive at São Paulo GRU. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Abu Dhabi to São Paulo allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Abu Dhabi to São Paulo on September 17, 2026: 12480 km of route against 12117 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €927.62, and 19h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in São Paulo is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Abu Dhabi reaches 163 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 94 to 13,464 km. São Paulo reaches 802 places in 35 countries, from 42 to 12,226 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Abu Dhabi

  • 163Places you can leave for
  • 71Countries
  • 40Operators

Arriving in São Paulo

Leaving São Paulo

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  • 35Countries
  • 119Operators

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