ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
AMS to AGPSpain
Málaga
$81
usually $185
−56%
Most monthly lows $118–$237. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · AMS → RIO
Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$896
−17%
below its usual $1,085
you keep $189
Found
- Depart
- Wed 18 Nov
- Return
- Fri 4 Dec
- Stay
- 16 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
Lufthansa
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $958 and $1,174. The drop beats 47% 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 November around $896 and peak in January near $1,234, 38% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 16-night trip — ticketed under Lufthansa, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $896 for 9,577 km each way, that works out to about $47 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 32 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Rio de Janeiro, this fare ranks 14th — 1.8× the $487 we hold from New York. For context, the middle fare among the 39 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam is $705. The best time to be in Rio de Janeiro: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 8% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,136 then versus $1,229 now, across 18 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 $841, on 12 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 14 of 109 days priced, from 74 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
1516171819Tuesday 20 October: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.2122Friday 23 October: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.2425262728293031
November 2026
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.6789101112131415161718Saturday 19 December: $2.3k. Compare fares from this day.20Monday 21 December: $2k. Compare fares from this day.222324252627Monday 28 December: $1.9k. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
12345Wednesday 6 January: $1.6k. Compare fares from this day.78910Monday 11 January: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.12Wednesday 13 January: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $896
17% below the $1,085 typical fare
$1059Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$896Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$1224Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1234Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$1174Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$958Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,577 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,085 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Lufthansa
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
AMS → RIO, answered.
Is $896 a good price for Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,085 round-trip and this fare is 17% 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 Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 AMS → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Lufthansa. 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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