ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
VIE to BRUBelgium
Brussels
$78
usually $190
−59%
Most monthly lows $139–$201. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
Flights · VIE → RIO
Vienna to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$942
−12%
below its usual $1,070
you keep $128
Found
- Depart
- Thu 3 Dec
- Return
- Mon 14 Dec
- Stay
- 11 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 15h
- Airline
Air France
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,011 and $1,109. The drop beats 29% 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 December around $942 and peak in October near $1,176, 25% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 15 hours outbound, on a 11-night trip — ticketed under Air France, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $942 for 9,874 km each way, that works out to about $48 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 20th — 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 Vienna is $816. 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 35% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,083 then versus $1,458 now, across 24 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 $835, on 14 Sep.
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 Dec, around $942
12% below the $1,070 typical fare
$1176Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$1109Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$942Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$1011Feb ’27, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$1070Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$1043Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Vienna to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schwechat (VIE) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈15 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,874 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,070 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air France
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
VIE → RIO, answered.
Is $942 a good price for Vienna to Rio de Janeiro?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,070 round-trip and this fare is 12% 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 Vienna to Rio de Janeiro?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Dec 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 VIE → 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, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Vienna to Rio de Janeiro?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air France. 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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