There are 4 ways to get from Rio de Janeiro to Guanajuato by plane, shuttle 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.
Recommended option
Fly Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato
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Fly from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) to Leon/Guanajuato (BJX)
Cheapest option
Fly Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City, bus
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Fly from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) to Mexico City (MEX)
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Take the bus from Mexico to Guanajuato
2 alternative options
Fly Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Queretaro, shuttle, bus
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Fly from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) to Queretaro (QRO)
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Take a shuttle bus from Queretaro Airport to San Miguel de Allende
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Take the bus from San Miguel de Allende to Guanajuato
Fly Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato
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Fly from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao (GIG) to Leon/Guanajuato (BJX)
Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) to Leon/Guanajuato (BJX) flights
The flight time between Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont (SDU) and Leon/Guanajuato (BJX) is around 21h 5m and covers a distance of around 7984 km. This includes an average layover time of around 7h 45m. Services are operated by Gol Transportes Aéreos, American Airlines, LATAM Chile and others. Typically 163 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Guanajuato is to fly and bus which costs R$ 1500 - R$ 4700 and takes 18h 20m.
The quickest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Guanajuato is to fly which costs R$ 1700 - R$ 4800 and takes 17h 23m.
It is approximately 7965 km to get from Rio de Janeiro to Guanajuato.
It takes approximately 17h 23m to get from Rio de Janeiro to Guanajuato, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport to Leon/Guanajuato Airport. The quickest flight takes 16h 52m and has two stopovers.
Guanajuato is 2h behind Rio de Janeiro. It is currently 9:01 AM in Rio de Janeiro and 7:01 AM in Guanajuato.
Gol Transportes Aéreos, Azul, American Airlines and three other airlines offer flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport to Leon/Guanajuato Airport.
There are 100+ hotels available in Guanajuato. Prices start at $2000 MXN per night.
The best way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Rio De Janeiro-Galeao Airport is to line 2018 bus which takes 57 min and costs R$ 15 - R$ 19.

- Distance: 7965.4 km
- Duration: 17h 23m
What companies run services between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Guanajuato, Mexico?
Gol Transportes Aéreos, American Airlines and six other airlines fly from Rio de Janeiro to Guanajuato hourly.

- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7000 - $24000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Queretaro via Sao Paulo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8000 - $27000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $22000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Panama City, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $30000

- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $8000 - $32000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $45000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Brasilia, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $45000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Florianopolis, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $45000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Vitoria, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $45000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Sao Paulo, Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $45000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Florianopolis, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12000 - $45000

- Website
- united.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8500 - $22000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $9500 - $25000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Queretaro via Sao Paulo, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9500 - $25000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9000 - $25000

- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8000 - $27000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Queretaro via Sao Paulo, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9000 - $31000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Miami, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9000 - $31000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9000 - $31000

- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Leon/Guanajuato via Sao Paulo, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8000 - $32000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $13000 - $60000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Panama City, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $30000

- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Bogota, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7000 - $19000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Panama City, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $30000

- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Queretaro via Brasilia, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9000 - $34000

- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro Santos Dumont to Mexico City via Brasilia, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6500 - $41000

- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro-Galeao to Leon/Guanajuato via Panama City, Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8000 - $31000

- Phone
- +52 415 185 8665
- info@bajiogo.com
- Website
- bajiogo.com
Shuttle from Queretaro Airport to San Miguel de Allende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $497
- Schedules at
- bajiogo.com

- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from San Miguel de Allende to Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110 - $180
- Schedules at
- etn.com.mx
- Online discount
- $110 - $160
- Regular price at station
- $130 - $180
Bus from Mexico Norte to Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $500 - $800
- Schedules at
- etn.com.mx
- Online discount
- $500 - $700
- Regular price at station
- $550 - $800

- Phone
- +52 477 710 0060
- Website
- wl.primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from San Miguel de Allende to Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $170
- Book at
- cotizador.conectagfa.com.mx
Bus from Mexico to Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $550 - $750
- Book at
- cotizador.conectagfa.com.mx
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