Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda. From €518.28, fastest 11h 34m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda costs €518.28 at the cheapest and takes 11h 34m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 6,381 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.
Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
Mode
Door to door
Moving
At the ends
From
CO2
Per day
Flight
12h 43m
9h 33m
3h 10m
€601.35
944.4 kg
1
12h 43mFastest, by Flight
€601.35Cheapest, by Flight
944.4 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
6,381 kmDistance traveled
Real services
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Cheapest€518.28
Auto Viação Catarinense AV238207:304h 53m12:23CajuSao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
TAAG Angola Airlines TA199913:448h 58m22:42São Paulo CGHLuanda LAD
Changes at São Paulo, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 17h 9mCO2 1008.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Fastest€729.38
TAAG Angola Airlines TA256406:289h 33m16:01Rio de Janeiro SDULuanda LAD
Door to door 12h 43mCO2 944.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rio de Janeiro to Luanda
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rio de Janeiro to Luanda
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Booking window
When to book Rio de Janeiro to Luanda
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
€719.0390 days
€436.3360 days
€497.3845 days
€600.7630 days
€656.8121 days
€804.3114 days
€920.337 days
€1,113.933 days
€1,374.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €436.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €1,374.63, 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.
Day of the week
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
€710.23Sun
€601.35Mon
€699.88Tue
€805.38Wed
€1,098.53Thu
€804.31Fri
€934.63Sat
Across the year
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
€808.13Sep
€576.03Oct
€492.98Nov
€529.96Dec
€531.48Jan
€443.23Feb
The route
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 6,381 km against 6,195 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 São Paulo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:28 and the last at 06:28, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rio de Janeiro
Rail
Estação Penha
Estação Ramos
São Cristóvão
Bus
Caju
INTO
Air
GIG
SDU
Ferry
Charitas
Ilha Fiscal
Luanda
Rail
Bungo station
Bus
Macon bus stop Luanda
Transporte Colectivo Urbano de Luanda (TCUL)
Air
LAD
Ferry
Catamarã
LAD is not in Luanda, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from LAD into Luanda
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Luanda
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 Luanda?
The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda takes 11h 34m door to door, of which 9h 33m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 12h 9m, 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 Luanda?
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda is €518.28, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €822.60. 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 Luanda?
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda is by Flight, at €601.35 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 12h 43m 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 Luanda?
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €436.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 215 percent, measured on September 28, 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 Luanda?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda, at €601.35. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 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 Luanda?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda, at €443.23 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 Luanda?
1 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda across 1 modes: TAAG Angola 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 Luanda?
50 percent of the services we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda are direct. The rest connect at São Paulo, with about 81 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 Rio de Janeiro to Luanda use?
Services from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda by Flight leave from Rio de Janeiro SDU and arrive at Luanda LAD. 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 Luanda?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Luanda 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
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Every figure above was computed for Rio de Janeiro to Luanda on September 11, 2026: 6381 km of route against 6195 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €518.28, and 11h 34m 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 Luanda a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Luanda and across Angola
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.