ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
BCN to EDIUnited Kingdom
Edinburgh
$47
usually $175
−73%
Most monthly lows $69–$207. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · BCN → RIO
Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$924
−4%
below its usual $965
you keep $41
Found
- Depart
- Sat 17 Apr
- Return
- Sat 24 Apr
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 17.5h
- Airline
Avianca
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $927 and $965. The drop beats 3% of measured fares on the board, over 4 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 April around $924 and peak in December near $1,538, 66% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 17.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Avianca, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $924 for 8,540 km each way, that works out to about $54 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 30 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Rio de Janeiro, this fare ranks 18th — 1.9× the $487 we hold from New York. For context, the middle fare among the 38 routes of similar length we watch out of Barcelona is $759. The best time to be in Rio de Janeiro: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 6 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 27% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,187 then versus $1,504 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 $905, on 21 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 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Apr, around $924
4% below the $965 typical fare
$963Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$1538Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1071Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$927Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$924Apr, the cheapest month. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- El Prat (BCN) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈17.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,540 km each way
- Typical price
- $965 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Avianca
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
BCN → RIO, answered.
Is $924 a good price for Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $965 round-trip and this fare is 4% 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 Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Apr 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 BCN → 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 4 months of cached fares, Apr comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Barcelona to Rio de Janeiro?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Avianca. 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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