There are 3 ways to get from Rio de Janeiro to Santander by plane or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Santos Dumont Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane SDU - SDR
15h 45m€500–1,600Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GIG - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
18h€300–916Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane GIG - SDR
17h 12m€431–1,301
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Santander Airport (SDR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €300 - €950 and takes 18h.
The fastest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Santander is to fly which takes 15h 45m and costs €500 - €1600.
The distance between Rio de Janeiro and Santander is 8399 km.
It takes approximately 15h 45m to fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Santander Airport (SDR), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Santos Dumont Airport Airport to Santander Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 19h 45m and has two stopovers.
Santander is 5h ahead of Rio de Janeiro. It is currently 4:43 AM in Rio de Janeiro and 9:43 AM in Santander.
Azul, LATAM Chile and Iberia offer flights from Santos Dumont Airport Airport to Santander Airport Airport.
There are 2460+ hotels available in Santander.
What companies run services between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Santander, Spain?
LATAM Chile, Iberia, and Azul fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Santander Airport (SDR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Santander Airport via Sao Paulo, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Santander Airport via Sao Paulo Viracopos, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,800
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Santander Airport via Belo Horizonte Confins, Recife, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Santander Airport via Fortaleza, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Santander Airport via Recife, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Santander Airport via Lisboa, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Santander Airport via Sao Paulo, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €360–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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