There are 3 ways to get from Johannesburg to Rio de Janeiro by plane or bus
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Fly to Santos Dumont Airport
best- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Santos Dumont Airport (SDU)plane JNB - SDU
12h 29mR$2,620–5,642Fly to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG)plane JNB - GIG
16hR$1,928–4,258Fly to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, bus
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport (GRU)plane JNB - GRU
- Take the bus from Guarulhos International Airport to Jacareíbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Jacareí to Terminal Rodoviário Novo Riobus
16h 7mR$2,545–5,037
Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Johannesburg to Rio de Janeiro is to fly and bus which costs R$ 2500 - R$ 5500 and takes 16h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Johannesburg to Rio de Janeiro is to fly which takes 12h 29m and costs R$ 2600 - R$ 6000.
The distance between Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro is 7161 km.
It takes approximately 12h 29m to get from Johannesburg to Rio de Janeiro, including transfers.
Rio de Janeiro is 5h behind Johannesburg. It is currently 10:05 PM in Johannesburg and 5:05 PM in Rio de Janeiro.
There are 9953+ hotels available in Rio de Janeiro.
What companies run services between Johannesburg, South Africa and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
LATAM Chile and Airlink fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) 6 times a week.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Santos Dumont Airport via São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,900–4,900
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Santos Dumont Airport via Capetown, São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$1,900–4,900
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport via São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,800–4,600
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport via Capetown, São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$1,800–4,600
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,600–4,200
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$2,600–4,200
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport via São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$1,900–5,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport via Capetown, São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$2,000–5,500
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport via São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Belo Horizonte Confins
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R$2,000–5,500
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$2,200–4,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$2,200–4,100
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$2,200–4,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$2,200–4,100
- Website
- taag.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport via Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,100–4,700
- Phone
- +55 11 3775-3850
- Website
- passaromarron.com.br
Bus from Guarulhos International Airport to Jacareí
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R$40–65
- Schedules at
- passaromarron.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 433 2324
- [email protected]
- Website
- viacaonova.com.br
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Jacareí to Terminal Rodoviário Novo Rio
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R$85–130
- Schedules at
- viacaonova.com.br
- Book at
- viacaonova.com.br
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