Rare1 stop · 7.5h
AUH to PRGCzechia
Prague
$257
usually $550
−53%
Most monthly lows $269–$564. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · AUH → RIO
Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$1,220
−3%
below its usual $1,255
you keep $35
Found
- Depart
- Thu 4 Mar
- Return
- Thu 11 Mar
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 18.5h
- Airline
Etihad
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,228 and $1,781. The drop beats 1% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
BrazilRio de JaneiroBeaches with mountains growing out of them. Fares south swing hard — we catch the dips.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsGaleão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)Every route into Rio de JaneiroFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in March around $1,220 and peak in December near $1,913, 57% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 18.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Etihad, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,220 for 11,758 km each way, that works out to about $52 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 23 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Rio de Janeiro, this fare ranks 22nd — 1.7× the $714 we hold from Los Angeles. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 20 routes of similar length we watch out of Abu Dhabi, where the middle fare is $1,528. The best time to be in Rio de Janeiro: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 4 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 22% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,511 then versus $1,847 now, across 21 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $1,135, on 24 Nov.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Mar, around $1,220
3% below the $1,255 typical fare
$1781Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$1913Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1255Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$1228Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$1220Mar, the cheapest month. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zayed International (AUH) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈18.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈11,758 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,255 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Etihad
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
AUH → RIO, answered.
Is $1,220 a good price for Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,255 round-trip and this fare is 3% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Mar comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Rio de Janeiro are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AUH → Rio de Janeiro?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 5 months of cached fares, Mar comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Etihad. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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