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 → TYO
São Paulo to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$1,304
−5%
below its usual $1,370
you keep $66
Found
- Depart
- Thu 13 May
- Return
- Fri 4 Jun
- Stay
- 22 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 24h
- Airline
LATAM
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,359 and $1,753. The drop beats 5% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
JapanTokyoNeon canyons, 3am ramen, and the world’s most polite chaos. The yen is kind to visitors right now.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsNarita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)Every route into TokyoFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in May around $1,304 and peak in January near $2,357, 81% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 24 hours outbound, on a 22-night trip — ticketed under LATAM, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,304 for 18,537 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 18 routes of similar length we watch out of São Paulo, where the middle fare is $1,556. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,596 then versus $1,638 now, across 16 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 $1,272, on 25 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 10 of 111 days priced, from 75 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $1.6k. Compare fares from this day.2345Friday 6 November: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.78Monday 9 November: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in May, around $1,304
5% below the $1,370 typical fare
$1308Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$1308Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$1705Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$2357Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$1573Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$1304May, the cheapest month. Compare May fares.$1371Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, São Paulo to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Guarulhos (GRU) · Congonhas (CGH) · Viracopos (VCP) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈24 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈18,537 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,370 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- LATAM
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
SAO → TYO, answered.
Is $1,304 a good price for São Paulo to Tokyo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,370 round-trip and this fare is 5% 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 Tokyo?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, May comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Tokyo are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SAO → Tokyo?
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 7 months of cached fares, May 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 Tokyo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under LATAM. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
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.
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