Brasília to Rio de Janeiro runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 20:26. One passenger pays between €37.03 and €77.43, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 47m over 950 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€37.03 to €77.43
- 248%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Brasília
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.
- 06:13First departure
- 20:26Last departure
- 24Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Brasília 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
- about €105.78Sat19
- about €83.78Sun20
- about €72.23Mon21
- about €57.93Tue22
- about €63.43Wed23
- about €78.83Thu24
- about €73.33Fri25
- about €60.13Sat26
- about €55.18Sun27
- about €48.03Mon28
- about €46.93Tue29
- about €50.23Wed30
- about €61.23Thu1
- about €53.53Fri2
- about €46.38Sat3
- about €44.18Sun4
- about €39.23Mon5
- about €37.03Tue6
- about €41.43Wed7
- about €51.33Thu8
- about €46.93Fri9
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 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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When to book Brasília to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.4390 days
- €30.4360 days
- €30.9845 days
- €38.6830 days
- €46.9321 days
- €53.5314 days
- €73.337 days
- €72.233 days
- €105.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 248 percent. The most expensive point is €105.78, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Brasília 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
950 km
936 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
2,207,718 → 6,747,815
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 950 km against 936 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 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.
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 Brasília 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest journey from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro takes 4h 47m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 9h 22m, 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest fare from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro is €37.03, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €99.73. 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest way from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro is by coach, at €37.03 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 12h 53m 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest way from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro is by flight, at 4h 48m door to door. Only 1h 38m 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 €75.66.
When should I book Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €30.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 248 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro, at €46.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro, at €32.63 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
5 operators sell services from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro across 2 modes: Azul, Sky Express, TAM Brazilian Airlines, Transportadora Turistica Suzano, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
Every service we sell from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 47m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro produce?
Traveling from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro by coach produces about 25.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 237.1 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro use?
Services from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro by flight leave from Brasília BSB 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
2 of the 5 operators we sell from Brasília 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro on September 18, 2026: 950 km of route against 936 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €37.03, and 4h 47m 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.
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
Brasília reaches 495 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 8,726 km. Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries, from 16 to 11,870 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Brasília
- 495Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 62Operators
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators