ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
MAD to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$36
usually $95
−62%
Most monthly lows $58–$101. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Flights · MAD → RIO
Madrid to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$673
−31%
below its usual $975
you keep $302
GreatFound
- Depart
- Fri 5 Mar
- Return
- Mon 15 Mar
- Stay
- 10 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 17h
- Airline
Avianca
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $810 and $1,133. The drop beats 79% of measured fares on the board, over 6 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 $673 and peak in December near $1,133, 68% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 17 hours outbound, on a 10-night trip — ticketed under Avianca, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $673 for 8,140 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 26 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Rio de Janeiro, this fare ranks 8th — 38% above the $487 from New York. For context, the middle fare among the 29 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid is $669. 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 — $1,048 then versus $1,133 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 $673, on 5 Mar '27.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 111 days priced, from 97 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
131415161718Monday 19 October: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.2021222324Sunday 25 October: $977. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
November 2026
December 2026
12Thursday 3 December: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.4567891011Saturday 12 December: $1.7k. Compare fares from this day.1314151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $1.7k. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $1.8k. Compare fares from this day.2627282930Thursday 31 December: $1.7k. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Mar, around $673
31% below the $975 typical fare
$977Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$810Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$1133Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$987Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$867Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$673Mar, the cheapest month. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈17 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,140 km each way
- Typical price
- $975 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
MAD → RIO, answered.
Is $673 a good price for Madrid to Rio de Janeiro?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $975 round-trip. At $673 you're 31% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro?
Across 6 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 MAD → 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 6 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 Madrid 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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