Rio de Janeiro to São Luís runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 16:55. One passenger pays between €90.38 and €191.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 31m over 2,308 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
€90.38 to €191.89
- 115%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.
- 06:41First departure
- 16:55Last departure
- 7Services per day
- 43%Run direct
Transportadora Turistica Suzano runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to São Luís 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 €197.63Wed16
- about €244.93Thu17
- about €173.98Fri18
- about €173.98Sat19
- about €195.98Sun20
- about €141.53Mon21
- about €125.58Tue22
- about €127.23Wed23
- about €162.43Thu24
- about €143.73Fri25
- about €165.18Sat26
- about €138.78Sun27
- about €143.73Mon28
- about €107.98Tue29
- about €127.23Wed30
- about €120.63Thu1
- about €116.23Fri2
- about €118.43Sat3
- about €114.58Sun4
- about €90.38Mon5
- about €97.53Tue6
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 São Luís. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São Luís for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to São Luís
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €111.2890 days
- €95.3360 days
- €92.0345 days
- €117.8830 days
- €97.5321 days
- €107.9814 days
- €125.587 days
- €173.983 days
- €197.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €92.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €197.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rio de Janeiro to São Luís 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
2,308 km
2,269 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
6,747,815 → 917,237
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,308 km against 2,269 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 Teresina, Ouro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Picos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
The fare from SLZ into São Luís is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in São Luís
Settled in advance, so the ride into São Luís 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 Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís
Most of the points near Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rio de Janeiro to São Luís
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 São Luís?
The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís takes 6h 31m door to door, of which 3h 25m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 17h 49m, 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 São Luís?
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís is €90.38, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €232.01. 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 São Luís?
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís is by coach, at €107.98 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 32h 47m 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 Rio de Janeiro to São Luís?
The fastest way from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís is by flight, at 6h 35m door to door. Only 3h 25m 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 €191.89.
When should I book Rio de Janeiro to São Luís?
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €92.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 115 percent, measured on September 15, 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 São Luís?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís, at €107.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 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 São Luís?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís, at €75.53 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 São Luís?
3 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís across 2 modes: Sky Express, TAM Brazilian Airlines, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. 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 São Luís?
64 percent of the services we sell from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís are direct. The rest connect at Teresina, Ouro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Picos, with about 69 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 Rio de Janeiro to São Luís produce?
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís by coach produces about 61.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 574.9 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís use?
Services from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís by flight leave from Rio de Janeiro SDU and arrive at São Luís SLZ. 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 São Luís?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís 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 São Luís on September 15, 2026: 2308 km of route against 2269 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €90.38, and 6h 31m 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 São Luís a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of São Luís and across Brazil
Day trips that leave São Luís in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil 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. São Luís reaches 88 places in 1 countries, from 284 to 2,351 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators
Arriving in São Luís
Leaving São Luís
- 88Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 13Operators