Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Dubai (DXB): 7,385 miles (11,885 km) great-circle, about 15h 15m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1252 round-trip on Azul, with 1 stop, departing April 25, 2026.
$1252 round-trip, Azul AD2849, departing 2026-04-25 at 13:20, returning 2026-05-02. The recorded itinerary left on a Saturday, returning on a Saturday 7 nights later; the fare was observed 0 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1252, it ranked 24th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from GIG (median $649). That is 17.0 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the GIG median of 19.9 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from GIG of similar length: Moscow (7,167 mi) at $1947 and St. Petersburg (7,030 mi) at $1784.
Azul had the cheapest fare on 5 of 30 GIG routes. It is the 2nd longest of the 30 routes we track from GIG.
Of 28 departure airports with a fare to Dubai, Rio de Janeiro (GIG) ranked 24th at $1252. Lowest: $204 from Riyadh (RUH); highest: $1558 from Wellington (WLG); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Emirates (3), Ethiopian (2), Etihad (2), Gulf Air (2), Qantas (2) and Saudia (2), plus 14 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Sao_Paulo, Asia/Dubai; flight time is our estimate.