The cheapest order to fly Rio de Janeiro, Lima and Bogota from Buenos Aires
There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about $780 a person and the most expensive at $1,062, a difference of $282 for visiting exactly the same places.
Fly them in this order
Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro → Bogota → Lima → Buenos Aires
About $780 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.
Every order, priced
- Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro → Bogota → Lima → Buenos Aires$780cheapest order
- Buenos Aires → Rio de Janeiro → Lima → Bogota → Buenos Aires$840$60 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Lima → Bogota → Rio de Janeiro → Buenos Aires$882$102 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Bogota → Lima → Rio de Janeiro → Buenos Aires$888$108 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Lima → Rio de Janeiro → Bogota → Buenos Aires$1,008$228 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Bogota → Rio de Janeiro → Lima → Buenos Aires$1,062$282 more per person
Why Rio de Janeiro first
- Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro$183
- Rio de Janeiro to Bogota$247
- Bogota to Lima$220
- Lima to Buenos Aires$130
- Out of Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro is the cheapest first stop at about $183. Bogota would be $316.
- Going home, the cheapest flight leaves from Rio de Janeiro at about $116, but the cheapest order ends in Lima at $130 because the rest of the route is cheaper that way.
- Rio de Janeiro to Bogota is about $247, but the other way round is $428. Same two cities, $181 apart on direction alone.
- The dearest order pays $428 for Bogota to Rio de Janeiro, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
Between the cities
- Rio de Janeiro to Bogota: about 4,550 km (2830 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
- Bogota to Lima: about 1,890 km (1170 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
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How much the order matters here
Getting the order right is worth $282 a person on this trip, 36% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 107 trips we price in full, that is number 25 for how much the order matters, one of the trips where it matters most: flying these cities in the wrong order is an expensive mistake.
What these numbers are
Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on November 12, 2026, from fares departing November 18, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.
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