Great1 stop · 12.5h
SAO to JNBSouth Africa
Johannesburg
$593
usually $885
−33%
Most monthly lows $771–$885. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · SAO → RIO
São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$80
−11%
below its usual $90
you keep $10
Found
- Depart
- Tue 10 Nov
- Return
- Fri 13 Nov
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 1h
- Airline
LATAM
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $83 and $148. The drop beats 25% of measured fares on the board, over 10 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
BrazilRio de JaneiroBeaches with mountains growing out of them. Fares south swing hard — we catch the dips.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsGaleão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)Every route into Rio de JaneiroFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $79 and peak in September near $264, 234% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies LATAM nonstop and takes about 1 hour outbound, on a 3-night trip. The best time to be in Rio de Janeiro: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 14 Nov, $79
Press a day to compare its fares
The median cached fare across this calendar is 6% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $119 then versus $126 now, across 20 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $69, on 9 Dec.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $230, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Monday 19 October: $249, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $249, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Friday 23 October: $193, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $233, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $264, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $168, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $188, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $169, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30Saturday 31 October: $200, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $170, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $126, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $114, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $126, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Sunday 8 November: $84, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Tuesday 10 November: $80, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $93, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $133, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13Saturday 14 November: $79, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Thursday 19 November: $171, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Saturday 21 November: $136, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $88, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $135, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $134, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $101, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $101, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $101, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Sunday 29 November: $115, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $83, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $132, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Friday 4 December: $105, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.56789Thursday 10 December: $102, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $102, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213Monday 14 December: $99, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 15 December: $132, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $112, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $113, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $155, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $158, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Tuesday 22 December: $93, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $98, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Saturday 26 December: $322, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $194, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Wednesday 30 December: $160, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $153, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $92, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Monday 4 January: $95, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910111213Thursday 14 January: $127, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516171819Wednesday 20 January: $88, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.212223242526Wednesday 27 January: $124, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 28 January: $88, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930Sunday 31 January: $95, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 159 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $79
12% below the $90 typical fare
$168Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$79Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$83Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$88Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$84Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$90Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$83Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$113May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$148Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$264Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Guarulhos (GRU) · Congonhas (CGH) · Viracopos (VCP) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈1 hour outbound
- Distance
- ≈361 km each way
- Typical price
- $90 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- LATAM
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
SAO → RIO, answered.
Is $80 a good price for São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $90 round-trip and this fare is 11% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Rio de Janeiro are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SAO → Rio de Janeiro?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 10 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (LATAM). The outbound leg runs around 1 hour.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
Next step
Sleeping in Rio de Janeiro?
Lock the flight first — then compare stays for 10–13 Nov · 3 nights.
Browse hotelsMissed it?
Cached fares expire. This route has a feed of its own — follow it and the next SAO → RIO drop reaches you as soon as we find it.
Follow this route’s feedKeep browsing
Related routes on the board.
GreatNonstop · 10h
SAO to MADSpain
Madrid
$629
usually $895
−30%
Most monthly lows $700–$1,118. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
GreatNonstop · 10h
SAO to OPOPortugal
Porto
$693
usually $985
−30%
Most monthly lows $833–$1,030. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Great1 stop · 12.5h
NYC to RIOUnited States
New York
$487
usually $755
−35%
Most monthly lows $698–$761. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Great1 stop · 17h
MAD to RIOSpain
Madrid
$673
usually $975
−31%
Most monthly lows $810–$1,133. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Good1 stop · 11.5h
MIA to RIOUnited States
Miami
$633
usually $875
−28%
Most monthly lows $635–$908. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
