Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 20:50. One passenger pays between €161.21 and €190.71, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 7m over 2,026 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€161.21 to €190.71
- 164%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rio de Janeiro
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 20:50Last departure
- 40Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €343.52Mon14
- about €292.19Tue15
- about €314.61Wed16
- about €316.97Thu17
- about €293.37Fri18
- about €310.48Sat19
- about €280.39Sun20
- about €194.84Mon21
- about €190.71Tue22
- about €203.69Wed23
- about €267.41Thu24
- about €239.68Fri25
- about €243.81Sat26
- about €225.52Sun27
- about €166.52Mon28
- about €161.21Tue29
- about €171.24Wed30
- about €202.51Thu1
- about €188.35Fri2
- about €188.35Sat3
- about €178.32Sun4
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 Buenos Aires. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Buenos Aires for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €198.3890 days
- €161.8060 days
- €137.6145 days
- €129.9430 days
- €178.3221 days
- €225.5214 days
- €280.397 days
- €314.613 days
- €343.521 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €129.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 164 percent. The most expensive point is €343.52, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires 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
2,026 km
1,967 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
6,747,815 → 2,891,082
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
What the journey actually 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 2,026 km against 1,967 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Buenos Aires is large, and the road in from EZE can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Buenos Aires
Settled in advance, so the ride into Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires train station
Most of the points near Buenos Aires train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires
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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires takes 6h 7m door to door, of which 2h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 19m, 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires is €161.21, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €279.21. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires is by flight, at €190.71 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 6h 7m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €129.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 164 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires, at €190.71. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires, at €129.94 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
5 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires across 1 mode: Aerolineas Argentinas, JetSMART Argentina, LATAM Paraguay, 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
Every service we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 7m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires use?
Services from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires by flight leave from Rio de Janeiro SDU and arrive at Buenos Aires EZE. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires 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 Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires on September 13, 2026: 2026 km of route against 1967 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €161.21, and 6h 7m 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 Buenos Aires a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Buenos Aires and across Argentina
Day trips that leave Buenos Aires in the morning and cover a good part of Argentina by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 11,870 km. Buenos Aires reaches 90 places in 22 countries, from 46 to 13,476 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators
Arriving in Buenos Aires
Leaving Buenos Aires
- 90Places you can leave for
- 22Countries
- 56Operators