One passenger pays between $325.53 and $330.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 3,858 km and are run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 20, 2026
$325.53 to $330.74
- 112%Moves across the booking window
112%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $602.75Wed7
- about $880.63Thu8
- about $593.64Fri9
- about $641.15Sat10
- about $548.74Sun11
- about $461.54Mon12
- about $392.56Tue13
- about $481.06Wed14
- about $600.80Thu15
- about $495.38Fri16
- about $483.02Sat17
- about $467.40Sun18
- about $440.06Mon19
- about $325.53Tue20
- about $373.04Wed21
- about $453.73Thu22
- about $406.88Fri23
- about $468.69Sat24
- about $449.18Sun25
- about $373.69Mon26
- about $340.50Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Chennai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Chennai for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Riyadh to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $283.8890 days
- $436.1660 days
- $317.0745 days
- $383.4430 days
- $340.5021 days
- $325.5314 days
- $392.567 days
- $593.643 days
- $602.751 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $283.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 112 percent. The most expensive point is $602.75, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Riyadh to Chennai and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
3,858 km
3,746 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
4,205,961 → 4,681,087
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,858 km against 3,746 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 Abu Dhabi, Kozhikode, Muscat. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Chennai is large, and the road in from MAA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Chennai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Chennai 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 Chennai Fort railway station
Most of the points near Chennai Fort railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Riyadh to Chennai
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 Riyadh to Chennai?
Riyadh to Chennai covers 3,858 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Riyadh to Chennai?
The cheapest fare from Riyadh to Chennai is $325.53, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $511.65. 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 Riyadh to Chennai?
The cheapest way from Riyadh to Chennai is by flight, at $325.53 for one passenger on October 20, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Riyadh to Chennai?
Fares from Riyadh to Chennai bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $283.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 112 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Riyadh to Chennai?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Riyadh to Chennai, at $340.50. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Riyadh to Chennai?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Riyadh to Chennai, at $260.46 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 Riyadh to Chennai?
1 operators sell services from Riyadh to Chennai across 1 mode: Saudia. 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 Riyadh to Chennai?
25 percent of the services we sell from Riyadh to Chennai are direct. The rest connect at Abu Dhabi, Kozhikode, Muscat, with about 64 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 Riyadh to Chennai use?
Services from Riyadh to Chennai by flight leave from King Khalid International Airport RUH and arrive at Chennai International Airport MAA. 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 Riyadh to Chennai?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Riyadh to Chennai allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Chennai a set of days out that do not start at a station.
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The two ends, compared
Riyadh reaches 53 places in 23 countries on services we hold, over distances from 86 to 13,873 km. Chennai reaches 208 places in 26 countries, from 24 to 15,074 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Riyadh
- 53Places you can leave for
- 23Countries
- 40Operators
23
40Arriving in Chennai
Leaving Chennai
- 208Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 32Operators