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R6 884 Find Cheap Flights to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

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Cheapest return fare
R9 515
Overall average: R13 090
Multiple Airlines
Thu 12/3Thu 19/3
JNB - GIG • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R6 884
Multiple Airlines
Thu 5/2
CPT - GIG • 2 stops
When to travel
May
Cheapest • 16% price drop
December
Most popular
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Cheap Flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

Thu, Mar 12 - Thu, Mar 19
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11:10 - 20:10
JNB
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GIG
14h 00m1 stop
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12:30 - 7:45
GIG
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JNB
14h 15m1 stop
R9 515Multiple Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 16
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21:20 - 20:10
JNB
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GIG
27h 50m2 stops
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11:25 - 7:45
GIG
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JNB
15h 20m1 stop
R10 773Multiple Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 16
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11:10 - 19:10
JNB
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GIG
13h 00m1 stop
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11:25 - 7:45
GIG
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JNB
15h 20m1 stop
R11 468Multiple Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Thu, Mar 12
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21:20 - 20:10
JNB
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GIG
27h 50m2 stops
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14:00 - 7:45
GIG
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JNB
12h 45m1 stop
R11 699Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
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15:30 - 1:05
JNB
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GIG
14h 35m1 stop
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14:30 - 12:40
GIG
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JNB
17h 10m2 stops
R11 848LATAM Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Tue, Feb 3
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15:30 - 9:25
JNB
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GIG
22h 55m1 stop
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4:50 - 12:40
GIG
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JNB
26h 50m1 stop
R12 014LATAM Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Thu, Mar 12
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11:10 - 22:45
JNB
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GIG
16h 35m1 stop
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14:00 - 7:45
GIG
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JNB
12h 45m1 stop
R12 477Multiple Airlines
Thu, Feb 26 - Thu, Mar 12
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11:10 - 20:35
JNB
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GIG
14h 25m1 stop
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14:00 - 7:45
GIG
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JNB
12h 45m1 stop
R12 593Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
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16:40 - 18:45
JNB
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GIG
31h 05m2 stops
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11:30 - 23:15
GIG
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JNB
30h 45m2 stops
R13 255Multiple Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Sat, Mar 14
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11:10 - 19:10
JNB
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GIG
13h 00m1 stop
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7:45 - 10:10
GIG
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JNB
21h 25m2 stops
R13 602Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport is May, where tickets cost R12 759 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R20 073 and R18 335 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of R12 759.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 74 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport Plane Tickets

Low seasonApril
Cheapest flightR6 884
Best time to beat the crowds (25% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (48% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

When to book flights to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Rio de Janeiro based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport flights

  • How far is Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport from central Rio de Janeiro?

    The city centre of Rio de Janeiro is 13 km from Rio de Janeiro.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

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Prefer to fly direct to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl.
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Direct departures

South Africa to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

Monday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +43 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +44 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

Thursday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +45 more

Friday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

Saturday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

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Direct returns

Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +43 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +44 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

Thursday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +44 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +45 more

Friday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

Saturday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +47 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +48 more

Sunday

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aerolineas Argentinas, +46 more

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Rio de Janeiro. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Rio de Janeiro. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3449 reviews
8,3Crew
7,9Food
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
8,2Entertainment
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Emirates did great! I liked the service, the food, cleanness, and the flight was on time. Much better airline than Qatar Airways I flew with last year.

10,0 ExcellentElena, Dec 2025
BOS - DXB
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Emirates did great! I liked the service, the food, cleanness, and the flight was on time. Much better airline than Qatar Airways I flew with last year.

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

Emirates A380s are always wonderful to fly on. Their crews, food and service are always excellent. They are typically on time and the only thing I would change (maybe newer or upgraded aircraft have this) is bluetooth so I can pair my noise cancelling headphones without a cable.

Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

the seat is quite narrow compared to others. entertainment and food were very good

Sadly I couldn't get the food I requested as it was out. Also, if you don't want to be woken up make sure the crew knows it. My wife was woken on every service.

This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

Emirates need to improve the boarding process. There is no point calling for all First and Business Class passengers plus Platinum, Gold and Silver Skywards members at one time. Further to this, try channeling all these people into one entry point with no defined lines. It was chaos. The is a common issue on the Dubai to Riyadh flight. Poor effort Emirates.

The flight from Beijing to Dubai was good. The flight from Dubai to Barcelona was excellent because of the staff on board.

Over - amazing. The aircraft is somewhat old on this route.

We traveled with two young children, and it was not possible for our family to be seated together. No one offered help or assistance to organize seating so we could sit with our kids. In the end, we managed to find two seats in Economy so I could at least sit with one of them, even though I had originally paid for Comfort+. In summary, I had to downgrade my seat just to be able to sit with one of my children, which was very disappointing

The assistance we received and the flight itself was wonderful. We will fly with LATAM airlines again, in the future.

Poor, the airline was not able to help me move flights.

Check in -- in business took over 30 mins as there was only one attendant. Boarding was also a mess. The seat was too narrow and was not working properly. Food was very bad and the entertainment very poor. Crew was very polite and helpful, in fairness.

The way the Pilot made all announcements, specially the way he congratulated the entire crew as the best team ever, making a comment that due to them they were able to shorter the delay to the destination. Amazing flight .

Poor handling of carry on luggage. We had a 8 hour stop in Santiago, are over 70 and, in spite of paying full fare they wanted to send carry on to luggage hold. No empathy. We had to show that several group 4/5 passengers were not sending their carry ons before they finally let Is keep them. Very poor .

Just to drop my already labeled bag it took 50 minutes inline. Completely disappointed with Latam operation at GRU

Really bad experience – delayed for 6 hours without any notice, no food or drinks provided, and stuck in the horrible Cartagena airport.

I’m entitled to a refund per LATAM due to the mid flight itinerary change and being stuck in São Paulo for 24 hours and needing to get a hotel. The airline was dismissive and of no help.

I couldn't travel, now I can't get a refund and to change the date I have to pay an absurd fine.

Excellent airline. Even with 1.5 hour flight, we got light meal on board

South African Airways on the outside, a very old shabby Qatar Airways plane on the inside

The food options were beef or veg, No alternatives for Hindus, that don't eat beef...

Flight was on time Seats ( business class) are terrible- you keep on slipping down as it doesn’t lie flat Food service is like economy class. Meals ( still wrapped in plastic) are just dropped in front of you

On time flight; otherwise not impressed by the check- in- purchased business class and the aircraft was downgraded; no refund given for the difference. Told I could access the lounge due to the above and was questioned by the lounge check- in person who was not friendly

Flight was cancelled with no notification until I reached the check-in desk at the airport. I also got downgraded and they lost my luggage.

Very bad. Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

The flight SA227 on 2nd March Sao Paulo to Cape Town was delayed by 3 hours. All other flights leaving Sao Paulo left on time. We were told that we were waiting for push back and a routing from Air traffic control. I don't believe this, what was the real reason for the flight delay?

I think more immigration officers at Or Tambo- I spent 90 mins in a queue before I can assisted and most people missed their appointments and meetings

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