Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 19:34. One passenger pays between €84.88 and €198.97, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 24m over 2,229 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€84.88 to €198.97
- 182%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Fortaleza
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.
- 06:03First departure
- 19:34Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Fortaleza 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 €235.03Fri18
- about €205.88Sat19
- about €193.78Sun20
- about €147.58Mon21
- about €142.08Tue22
- about €143.18Wed23
- about €184.98Thu24
- about €134.38Fri25
- about €134.93Sat26
- about €150.33Sun27
- about €120.63Mon28
- about €110.18Tue29
- about €128.33Wed30
- about €133.28Thu1
- about €123.93Fri2
- about €108.53Sat3
- about €120.08Sun4
- about €84.88Mon5
- about €95.33Tue6
- about €89.28Wed7
- about €110.73Thu8
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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €96.4390 days
- €83.2360 days
- €86.5345 days
- €92.5830 days
- €110.7321 days
- €133.2814 days
- €184.987 days
- €193.783 days
- €235.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €235.03, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Fortaleza 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
2,229 km
2,191 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
2,400,000 → 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.
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,229 km against 2,191 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Senhor do Bonfim, Governador Valadares, Juazeiro do Norte. 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.
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 Fortaleza 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest journey from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro takes 6h 24m door to door, of which 3h 22m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 17h 13m, 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest fare from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro is €84.88, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €237.91. 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest way from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro is by coach, at €84.88 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 30h 56m 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest way from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro is by flight, at 6h 32m door to door. Only 3h 22m 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 €187.17.
When should I book Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €83.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 182 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro, at €110.18. 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro, at €73.33 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
3 operators sell services from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro across 2 modes: Expresso Guanabara, Sky Express, TAM Brazilian Airlines. 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
78 percent of the services we sell from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro are direct. The rest connect at Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Senhor do Bonfim, Governador Valadares, Juazeiro do Norte, with about 46 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro produce?
Traveling from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro by coach produces about 59.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 555.2 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro use?
Services from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro by flight leave from Fortaleza FOR 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Fortaleza 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro on September 17, 2026: 2229 km of route against 2191 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €84.88, and 6h 24m 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
Fortaleza reaches 171 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 211 to 7,448 km. Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries, from 16 to 11,870 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Fortaleza
- 171Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 18Operators
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators