There are 3 ways to get from Rio de Janeiro to Geneva by plane or train
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Fly Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport
best- Fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SDU - GVA
16hCHF 330–950Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane GIG - GVA
15h 42mCHF 431–751Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane GIG - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
18h 59mCHF 471–1,066
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Geneva is to fly which costs SFr 430 - SFr 750 and takes 15h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Geneva is to fly which takes 15h 42m and costs SFr 430 - SFr 750.
The distance between Rio de Janeiro and Geneva is 9147 km.
It takes approximately 16h to fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Santos Dumont Airport Airport to Geneva International Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 16h 50m and has two stopovers.
Geneva is 5h ahead of Rio de Janeiro. It is currently 4:13 AM in Rio de Janeiro and 9:13 AM in Geneva.
Iberia, Azul, Air Europa and two other airlines offer flights from Santos Dumont Airport Airport to Geneva International Airport Airport.
There are 1268+ hotels available in Geneva.
What companies run services between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Geneva, Switzerland?
LATAM Chile, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brasilia, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–950
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belo Horizonte Confins, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–900
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–900
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
- Website
- voeazul.com.br
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belo Horizonte Confins, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brasilia, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sao Paulo, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sao Paulo, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,200
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sao Paulo, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–2,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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