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Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro. From €58.48, fastest 5h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro runs about 13 times a day, with the first departure around 06:37 and the last around 17:02. One passenger pays between €58.48 and €151.18, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 30m over 1,491 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€58.48 to €151.18

  • 200%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Aracaju

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.

  • 06:37First departure
  • 17:02Last departure
  • 13Services per day
  • 69%Run direct

JS Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €130.53Tue15
  2. about €129.98Wed16
  3. about €160.78Thu17
  4. about €113.48Fri18
  5. about €115.13Sat19
  6. about €121.18Sun20
  7. about €92.03Mon21
  8. about €73.33Tue22
  9. about €77.73Wed23
  10. about €98.63Thu24
  11. about €92.03Fri25
  12. about €92.03Sat26
  13. about €92.03Sun27
  14. about €76.08Mon28
  15. about €61.23Tue29
  16. about €66.73Wed30
  17. about €76.08Thu1
  18. about €72.78Fri2
  19. about €75.53Sat3
  20. about €67.28Sun4
  21. about €58.48Mon5

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 Rio de Janeiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Penha and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro

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

  1. €75.5390 days
  2. €67.8360 days
  3. €68.9345 days
  4. €53.5330 days
  5. €58.4821 days
  6. €76.0814 days
  7. €92.037 days
  8. €160.783 days
  9. €130.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €53.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €160.78, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€160.78€53.531371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

1,491 km

1,483 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

664,9086,747,815

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

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

AracajuAracajuRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,491 km against 1,483 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Itabuna, Além Paraíba, Muriaé, Leopoldina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 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.

Rio de Janeiro is large, and the road in from GIG 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 Rio de Janeiro

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

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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 Estação Penha

Most of the points near Estação Penha open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Aracaju 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 it take to get from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

The fastest journey from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro takes 5h 30m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 38m, 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 Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

The cheapest fare from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro is €58.48, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €114.58. 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 Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

The cheapest way from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro is by coach, at €73.33 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 20h 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.

What is the fastest way to get from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

The fastest way from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro is by flight, at 5h 40m door to door. Only 2h 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €151.18.

When should I book Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

Fares from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €53.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 200 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro, at €73.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro, at €50.78 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 Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

4 operators sell services from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro across 2 modes: JS Turismo, Sky Express, Transportadora Turistica Suzano, Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

73 percent of the services we sell from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro are direct. The rest connect at Itabuna, Além Paraíba, Muriaé, Leopoldina, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro produce?

Traveling from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro by coach produces about 40.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 375.9 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro use?

Services from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro by flight leave from Aracaju AJU and arrive at Rio de Janeiro GIG. 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 Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro?

3 of the 4 operators we sell from Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro 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.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Aracaju to Rio de Janeiro on September 14, 2026: 1491 km of route against 1483 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €58.48, and 5h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Rio de Janeiro a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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Day trips out of Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil

Day trips that leave Rio de Janeiro in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Aracaju reaches 167 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 63 to 2,627 km. Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries, from 16 to 11,870 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Aracaju

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  • 1Countries
  • 20Operators

Arriving in Rio de Janeiro

Leaving Rio de Janeiro

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  • 21Countries
  • 74Operators

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