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When flying from Rio de Janeiro to Recife, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Rio de Janeiro, you’ll find the best rates on Mondays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

The cheapest month for flights from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Recife is March, where tickets cost $170 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $287 and $257 respectively.

No, with an average price for the route of $208, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

To get a below average price on the flight from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Recife, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 48% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets from Rio de Janeiro to Recife were found on Azul ($199) and LATAM Airlines ($201).

There are 2 airlines that fly nonstop from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Recife. They are Azul and GOL. The cheapest airline for this route is Azul, with the best round-trip deal found costing $159. On average, the best prices for this route can be found at Azul.

Weekly flights between Rio de Janeiro and Recife historically see delays in approximately 10% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 111 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the morning tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the evening have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Monday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Thursday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, GOL have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 7% of their flights encountering any delays.

Sao Paulo (VCP) is the top choice – 50% of KAYAK users who clicked on 1-stop flights from Rio de Janeiro to Recife picked an itinerary connecting there.

Flights via Belo Horizonte (CNF) offer the most affordable fares, with an average round-trip price of $208.

Consider flying via Sao Paulo (VCP) for the shortest journey. The average one-way travel time for flights connecting there is 6h 00m.

If you prefer a quick connection, Sao Paulo (VCP) often has the shortest layovers from Rio de Janeiro to Recife, with an average of 1h 23m.

There is only one cabin class option available for the route, which is Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 4 and 7 nonstop flights that take off from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport and land in Recife, with an average flight time of 2h 47m. The most common departure time is 8:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 40 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Tuesday, when 18% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Wednesday.