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£283 Find Cheap Flights from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

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Cheapest return fare
£730
Typical prices: £1,033-£741
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Sun 31/5Tue 9/6
LHR - GIG • 3 stops
Cheapest direct flights
£745
Typical prices: £1,006-£743
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Thu 14/5Tue 23/6
LHR - GIG • Direct
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Cheapest • from £734 (return)
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Cheapest • Avg £687 (return)
Shortest trip • 13h 43m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from London to Rio de Janeiro (LON-GIG)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from London to Rio de Janeiro 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 from London to Rio de Janeiro

Sun, 31 May - Tue, 9 Jun
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15:00 - 00:25
LHR
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GIG
37h 25m
3 stops
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14:55 - 15:05
GIG
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LHR
20h 10m
1 stop
£730Multiple Airlines
Wed, 30 Sep - Sun, 28 Feb
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22:05 - 15:35
LHR
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GIG
21h 30m
1 stop
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07:30 - 14:35
GIG
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LHR
28h 05m
1 stop
£734Avianca
Fri, 15 May - Fri, 22 May
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07:00 - 08:00
LTN
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GIG
29h 00m
2 stops
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06:30 - 13:50
GIG
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LTN
27h 20m
3 stops
£734Multiple Airlines
Mon, 18 May - Sun, 21 Jun
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13:45 - 05:05
LCY
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GIG
19h 20m
2 stops
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14:25 - 21:05
GIG
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LCY
26h 40m
2 stops
£738ITA Airways
Mon, 18 May - Mon, 29 Jun
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09:10 - 05:05
LCY
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GIG
23h 55m
2 stops
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14:25 - 21:05
GIG
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LCY
26h 40m
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£742ITA Airways
Thu, 3 Sep - Sun, 27 Sep
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13:35 - 05:05
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GIG
19h 30m
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18:35 - 17:40
GIG
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LHR
19h 05m
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£742Lufthansa
Thu, 14 May - Tue, 23 Jun
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21:45 - 05:25
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GIG
11h 40mdirect
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16:45 - 08:10
GIG
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LHR
11h 25mdirect
£745British Airways
Mon, 18 May - Wed, 17 Jun
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16:25 - 17:20
LGW
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GIG
28h 55m
1 stop
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15:35 - 09:45
GIG
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LGW
14h 10m
1 stop
£753TAP AIR PORTUGAL
Wed, 27 May - Sun, 7 Jun
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16:25 - 15:40
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GIG
27h 15m
1 stop
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20:10 - 11:20
GIG
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LGW
35h 10m
2 stops
£758TAP AIR PORTUGAL
Sat, 16 May - Mon, 29 Jun
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20:40 - 17:35
LGW
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GIG
24h 55m
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19:15 - 20:00
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20h 45m
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£767British Airways
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KAYAK’s insights & trends for London to Rio de Janeiro flights

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

How much is a return flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport departing in May.

What is the cheapest London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport costs £852 on the route between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport (GIG). It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

The average price of all round-trip flights from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from London 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 from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport is March, where tickets cost £94 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £688 and £589 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of £885, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London 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 from London 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 on the flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, you should book around 7 weeks before departure, which saves you about 4% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

Low seasonJune
Best time to beat the crowds (13% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (18% more expensive on average)

When to book flights from London to Rio de Janeiro

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from London to Rio de Janeiro based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport was £283 for a one-way ticket and £730 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    London has 4 major airports: London City, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, and London Stansted. Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl is the only airport in Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport. You’ll usually find the cheapest deals if you fly from London Heathrow Airport.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    The Boeing 777 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between London and Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    There are direct flights from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from London to Rio de Janeiro, KLM or LATAM Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from London to Rio de Janeiro are KLM and LATAM Airlines. With an average price for the route of £1,255 and an overall rating of 7.8, KLM is the most popular choice. LATAM Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £909 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from London 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 from London 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 from London 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 from London is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from London 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 to London with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from London 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 from London up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from London to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport to London? 25% of our users found flights on this route for £782 or less one-way and £1,033 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from London to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

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

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Direct returns

Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl to London

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from London to Rio de Janeiro

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from London to Rio de Janeiro. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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LATAM AirlinesOverall score based on 1912 reviews
7.5Boarding
7.3Comfort
6.7Food
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8.0Crew
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LATAM is a great airline who takes care of there guests. They consistently walk around and see if you need water in addition to taking care of all the passengers. The chicken in process is really easy and I’m always offered a chance for an upgrade which I appreciate.

10.0 ExcellentChris, Feb 2026
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LATAM is a great airline who takes care of there guests. They consistently walk around and see if you need water in addition to taking care of all the passengers. The chicken in process is really easy and I’m always offered a chance for an upgrade which I appreciate.

Apart of Sky miles delta. And they go everywhere in Brazil

There was a mechanical issue with the plane that they had to work on before we could take off. That's fine, by all means, PLEASE make sure the mechanics are functioning properly. What was a problem was the fact that we sat on the tarmac for 4.5 hours without moving, without letting us off the plane, and without climate control and air running through the plane. There was no explanation as to what was going on; they just kept promising that it would be "15 minutes, then we are on our way." At one point, they even switched the entire crew out and told everyone we just needed to wait for new employees to show up. Then, as the 4 hours were not moving, an hour before the full refund, they made a big show about "the flight starting and the doors are locked, so you have to sit down." We didn't move for another 40 minutes; they were just trying to skirt around legalities that entitled us to restitution. When the flight finally was underway, the plane was gigantic but cramped in design, my entertainment screen kept freezing and glitching, and subtitles didn't work, and the crew was passive-aggressive. Terrible flight.

Comfort in exit seat was excellent. FLight crew and flight were excellent. However exit seat tray table was broken so could not use it. Entertainment monitor did not work at all despite attempts to reset it.

LATAM’s crews are fine, but God help you if you need any customer service. Their app and website never work, with error after error. Trying to solve anything over the phone is painful, and lastly, the boarding pass LATAM gave me to board the flight with Delta was invalid and I had to purchase an emergency one-way ticket at the last minute to get home.

Wish the seats were a little more comfortable.. it was a 6 hrs nonstop trip. But the crew was courteous and w a smile

I like this airline a lot no problems at all, except being forced to check a carry-on bag ., Overall very good airline

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.

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 .

Horrible experience at tbe check in ladie she was very racist ,she doesn't speak portuguese too and forced me to check in my carrion bag and I saw everyone with carrion bag inside anda lot of space ,she was rude unprofessional

Departed late. Flight crew some of the most professional I have ever experienced. First time we’ve flown this airline

Absolutely unacceptable level of service for a Business class: lousy drink and food options, disgusting food (inedible meat, watery rice, etc...), pathetic level of attentiveness from staff, Business class restrooms were not accessible for long periods because blocked of by staff...overall extremely disappointing, will NEVER fly Business on TAP again.

We upgraded to business class. Nice seat with lots of room but otherwise not impressive.

Late. Lack of updates. Rude hostesses. Terrible food. Lack of headphones.

Flight was delayed but crew gave little to no communication, then “began boarding” but really just had everyone stand up and wait for an hour without any news or updates, as if we were going to start boarding at any second. Total chaos. Seemed like this was their first time boarding a plane. When we arrived at our destination, we waited for over an hour for the baggage claim belt to even turn on. Probably waited at baggage claim for our luggage for close to two hours. Everyone was very confused and of course we all worried that the luggage was lost. Again, zero communication and everyone we asked just said “I don’t know.” So we were left wondering whether to wait, or file a missing baggage claim, or check the other baggage claim belts (which we did every fifteen-twenty minutes because we were just confused). Lack of communication throughout the experience was a huge issue.

The cabin crew were curt, not with me, but observed with other passengers. They were unduly rude and it was unprovoked and when they realized they were wrong, they made no attempt to apologize for their own confusion.

The value is there, but the layovers in Lisbon were not great. The passport control was so bad that a 2 hour layover became very tight and on the return the Terminal was barebones which made it a long 3 hours.

Booked business with TAP from LAX to Cabo Verde - overall ok, but just doesn’t feel like business class. More of a budget airline

I was disappointed of the crew, not friendly and attentive. Delay one way for fuel leakage and the plane is so hot. Not that great all around but I’m glad I experienced it so now know better.

Terrible. Our flight was completely cancelled with no options to rebook until 4 days later.

Flight map did not work. Crew was great, food was good, plane took off on time and landed early. That's all I can ask.

Paid for exit row at the back of the plane. Window seat with lots of leg space. Food was inedible (as usual). Brought my own.

Efficiency of staff, and comfort and cleanliness of aircraft was all great. Maybe a hot drink without payment at that time in the morning would be good!

Online check-in was not possible, apparently due to connecting flight with LH. Check-in agent helpful but not efficient. Flight comfort okay, but zero service, not even water on a 2+ hour flight. Bag delayed at destination.

The plane was late (as was my flight out from Birmingham the day before)

This is one of the best flights i had. Good boarding, good seats , good food, and nuce stuff and clean toilets I took the Tourist upgrade and indianischer food , the best.

The flight was delayed by an hour. Made the connection uncomfortably tight.

Very old plan, bad cabin layout and seats, entertainment system would get 95% through a film and then crash and reboot. I wont be using Lufthansa after I return back home, would rather pau more for a better flight arramgement.

When we went to the lounge they told us to go into the main lounge and not the full business class section, later they told me that Lufthansa wont pay the full fee to alloq the business class passengers entry to the nicer sectikn where all the other airlines nusiness class passengers go into. Very poor arrangement.

Everything is smooth without canceling the flight or long delay. We're happy about it.

The seats needs to be spruced up , for a long flight very uncomfortable , cushions are worn out but everything else is very good , crew is great.

I guess that was fine with ITA but the Rome airport is so difficult to navigate with so many checkpoints getting new tickets from what was originally given to me

Overbooked. They left a lot of passengers on the ground

My seat was broken and ducted taped and my monitor did not work the entire time over 8 hrs sitting. And I had no books or anything with me

my flight from Rome to Boston was on a very old plane. My video and audio did not work.

This airplane is much better. Not worn out like the one we flew with fr NY to Rome. Flight attendants were ok.

Poor. The airlines left my luggage in Miami. It took 2 1/2 days to get my luggage at my destination. I was forced to buy clothes and daily items for days. There was little concern to get my bag to me which highly impacted my trip. Seats were cramped as well. Would not recommend this airline to anyone.

This was our return flight. It was slightly better than the one we took to go to Rome, mainly because the food was slightly better and more abondant. On our LA-Fco flight the food was way below average. Also, it felt like the legroom in Economy was smaller than other airlines we used in the past - my knees were touching the seat in front of me.

There was so little leg space in middle seat that the blanket/pillow accessories and my feet could not fit. Knees were 1 inch from seat in front and when person in front reclined, it was uncomfortably invasive in my space. I am not large, 5’5” and 130 pounds

The map feature on the display at the seat had challenges. The biggest issue was the flight had no WIFI. Most of the smaller planes now have free WIFI. American Airlines on the flight over had WIFI you could purchase. With 8-10 hours on a single flight, the ability to do work via WIFI is essential!!

A shout-out to the flight attendent, Lauren, who was the main person assisting me. She was amazing - perfect balance of bright, cheerful, engaging, yet formal

Cramped seating but standard in all smaller aircrafts today no matter what airlines. Crew very helpful, friendly & attentive so makes up for that.

Wonderful business class flight in a lovely new plane with an excellent crew

OK, except for a cabin attendant's lack of attention.

efficient. on time. cabin crew were very professional and very nice to deal with. would definately fly BA again.

It was great overall. A few slight improvements could be made on the onboarding process at the Gates with announcements and clarity of communications (both at the gate and in flight). The movies in the entertainment options could be improved for bollywood, hollywood.

I alrady responded to this request, and expllaned at length that this was the worst flying experience in my 77 years. I will NEVER fly BA again.

Airbus A350 is poorly designed for wheelchair users and reduced mobility passengers. The angle of the pods makes it awkward to transfer. I was able to but I have ab stability. It could be a real challenge for people with more severe mobility impairments. You'd think Airbus would have come up with a solution for this or thought more about us disabled folks more when designing this aircraft.

The crew has always been great on BA. They are very friendly and accommodating. I like that they have vegetarian options already in the menu. And the free wine is a nice perk.) I noticed (both directions of my trip) minor upgrades/ replacements needed on the plane itself (touch screen didn't work with touch; bathroom light didn't go on). However, this is one of my favorite airlines.

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