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$285 Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl departing on 5/13. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap flight deals from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl (SFO-GIG)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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11:55 pm - 12:25 amSFO-GIG
44h 30m2 stops
7:20 am - 12:45 pmGIG-SFO
33h 25m2 stops
$794Avianca
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Mon, May 20 - Tue, May 28
2:10 pm - 6:15 amSFO-GIG
36h 05m2 stops
1:30 am - 10:35 pmGIG-SFO
25h 05m2 stops
$807Avianca
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Wed, May 8 - Mon, May 20
2:10 pm - 12:25 amSFO-GIG
30h 15m2 stops
7:20 am - 12:45 pmGIG-SFO
33h 25m2 stops
$810Avianca
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Sun, May 5 - Tue, May 14
2:10 pm - 5:50 pmSFO-GIG
23h 40m3 stops
1:30 am - 11:45 pmGIG-SFO
26h 15m3 stops
Wed, May 29 - Mon, Jun 3
1:27 am - 10:50 amSFO-GIG
29h 23m2 stops
1:30 am - 10:35 pmGIG-SFO
25h 05m3 stops
Mon, May 6 - Mon, May 13
7:56 pm - 12:14 amSFO-GIG
24h 18m1 stop
10:33 am - 6:30 pmGIG-SFO
35h 57m1 stop
$859Copa Airlines
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Tue, May 7 - Tue, May 14
7:56 pm - 12:15 amSFO-GIG
24h 19m1 stop
5:20 am - 6:09 pmGIG-SFO
16h 49m1 stop
$904Copa Airlines
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Tue, Jul 9 - Tue, Jul 16
6:30 pm - 8:15 amSFO-GIG
33h 45m1 stop
9:05 pm - 6:57 amGIG-SFO
37h 52m1 stop
$1,070United Airlines
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Sun, Jun 23 - Wed, Jul 10
8:00 am - 6:00 amSFO-GIG
18h 00m1 stop
6:40 pm - 11:15 amGIG-SFO
20h 35m2 stops
$1,084American Airlines
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Thu, Jul 4 - Thu, Jul 18
5:00 am - 8:15 amSFO-GIG
23h 15m1 stop
9:05 pm - 6:57 amGIG-SFO
37h 52m1 stop
$1,093United Airlines
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Mon, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 17

Flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

The average price of all flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Fridays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport is September, where tickets cost $766 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,291 and $1,166 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
The best deals for a one-way ticket found by KAYAK users over the last 3 days were on Avianca ($347) and Copa Airlines ($364). The cheapest round-trip tickets were found on Avianca ($794) and Copa Airlines ($859).

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Low season

November

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$285
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 16% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 37% increase in price.
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When to book flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport was $285 for a one-way ticket and $794 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in San Francisco and on arrival in Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro, Delta or Copa Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro are Delta and Copa Airlines. With an average price for the route of $991 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Copa Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $926 and an overall rating of 7.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport from San Francisco is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and GIG can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 10913 reviews
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
8.0Entertainment
7.4Food
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There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

6.0 GoodEliza, Apr 2024SAN - LAX
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There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi

Copa performed as expected for the amount of money I was willing to spend for the flight; it wasn’t exceptional but it was not bad in any way either. The crew was good; friendly and straightforward. The food was airplane food, so no expectations there and the entertainment was lacking but that was my fault for owning an IPhone with a charging port that’s not compatible with the rest of the world. I’d fly Copa again.

Left my bags in origin city on a business class ticket , spent about 2-3 days in the same clothes plus the flight .

the planes are not modern there are no phone chargers

As usual, the flight with normal legroom was not very comfortable, but the second flight was much better because we had paid for extra legroom. It was very nice to check our bags without an extra fee.

LOCKED MY BAG WITHOUT CONSENT. Had to have my zippers cut upon arrival in Costa Rica.

Pros: "The seats in economy were confortable. The best thing was Copa gave us seats in the second line and my family traveled together."
Cons: "Coffe service could better the experience"
Pros: "The crew was very interested on help and attentive with the passengers. But the seat wasn't comfortable. The design of the cushion is not the best to be seating"
Pros: "You were on time, that is the most important thing in a fly"
Cons: "You could improve your entertainment, you are not a cheap company"
Pros: "That there was seltzer"
Cons: "The management of preparing the flight and plane so that it was ready for the trip!!"
Pros: "Copa was convenient and easy. Very easy boarding process and I appreciated the day flight."
Cons: "This is a business class that is equivalent to a US carrier domestic first class. Good seats, not lay flat but wide on my 737-800. The food and service emulated say American Airlines Domestic 1C as well. Everything was just good enough, and much cheaper that international business on the majors."

Everything was as you would expect in coach - fine. Flight was close to on time.

No air in the middle rows. Had a hard time breathing. Was dying of heat.

Horrific checkin procedure with neither Delta nor Latam figuring out how to check me in. 4 hrs on customer support with both and both airlines pointing to each other who should do checking. I was not checked in until morning of flight, which for international flight is concerning.

It was a good experience, the flight was a little too long & the food was ok

the flight from Boston to Curitiba was on time actually 30 minutes earlier. latam was not able to unload the luggage for custom checkup in Sao Paulo ii took two and half hours . i missed the flight to Curitiba spend the night in hotel and then flying in the morning to Curitiba

Tough flight with turbulence… I was told by a fellow passenger that it is common. Nonetheless, very stressful. Cordial staff.

Very unprofessional staff in the checking and boarding. There was no space for my carry-on bag, which is understandable for a full flight. However, the rudeness in answering my questions about my bag were unnecessary. Shaming and threatening a passenger to be left behind was something I had never experienced (I am 57 years old and a Skymiles member) before. At a minimum, the boarding staff (Krystal Mejia and her manager Dee) should undergo further training on cultural sensitivity and professional skills on speaking with passengers. Krystal, just because I have dark hair and “look Latina” does not mean I can speak Spanish. Your assumption and threatening words until the very ending of my boarding (door of the airplane) were not only unnecessary and stressful but something that a passenger should not experience before boarding.

The flight was overbooked and the solution gave was unrespctful. I arrived 4 hour in advance in the airport and only after 2hous was possible suggest a different ticket with another company LATAM, I have accepted, but when I was checking in at LATAM the tickets was issued without luggage, what it is absurd since I have bought my tickets including it since the beginning. Due to the timing for the next flight was not possible return to Avianca to claim due to the distance between Both companies Avianca and Latam since were located in different terminals. I have insiste to the crew of Latam to call Avianca to solve it, but they could help they were alleging that only paying a thousand pesos Mexicans ($1,000 MXN) to dispatch my luggage would be accepted and I have no money at all. So I had to beg for others passagens, it was an humiliating to exchange luggage with who was platinum in order to return back the luggage in the connection airport in Brazil (GRU). I have no clue that a judicial process would be taken from my side due the lots of stress in sequence by the non professional treatment with a passenger that was just following everything said by Avianca.. Long hours of waiting until next flight and only arrive at final destine in 6hs later..

The flight from PDX to New York was cancelled, and I got rebooked one day later. Because of this I missed a meeting at my final destination, EZE. I now need to stay longer in Argentina, and was told the tariff difference was $780 plus $150 penalty! I am not using my return ticket, and have purchased a one way ticket EZE-PDX for $606 with another airline. SHAMEFUL

Cons: "The flight was full and all seats were taken. It means it was impossible to maintain the required and necessary social distancing."

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

Beverage and food services are excellent. We enjoy paying the extra for economy plus for the 3 inches more leg room to be exact.

Flight was delayed by 3 hours. The pilot made up 1 hour during the flight, but that made the wait at the airport 5 hours once you factor getting there 2 hours early.

Airline did not explain reasons why flight was delayed two hours. Explanations were badly needed and rarely provided. Problem seemed to clearly be the airline’s fault and not the fault of the weather or airport.

Very uncomfortable seats and seat backs, and I am only 5’9”. Delayed due to crew issues, spent a long time with no ventilation. Teeny overhead bins. Wifi worked well. Arrived safely.

I was delighted that we were able to get on the 4:40 pm flight rather than our original booking at 6:55 pm!! Other than that, the flight was comfortable and landed early😊

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

You cancelled my flight by email then made it very difficult to get in contact with you. Then put me in a flight with a long layover in Mexico returning to the wrong airport in uk. Mind blowing my stressful. I missed see my grand dad because of you.

Apart from the delay due to unforeseen circumstances. The leg from sjc to dfw was fine. It was the leg from dfw to orf that we encountered issues mainly due to the flight attendant crew not being friendly. We had two small children and we needed some assistance to warm up milk so the baby would sleep. The crew just didn’t get it and made things very difficult. One made a remark that the baby’s dirty diaper smell was a “gift” to the plane in a rude way. Normally I’d brush that off as a funny comment if the rest of the trip the attendants were helpful or understanding of the difficulty we faced. But that wasn’t the case. We were met with rudeness on the second leg. Whereas on the first leg the crew were so nice and helpful.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/13Mon
3 stops
37h 10mSFO-GIG
$285
5/19Sun
2 stopsAvianca
30h 15mSFO-GIG
$347
5/8Wed
1 stopCopa Airlines
18h 47mSFO-GIG
$364
7/9Tue
1 stopCopa Airlines
24h 19mSFO-GIG
$397
7/10Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
23h 15mSFO-GIG
$954
7/7Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
27h 30mSFO-GIG
$959
6/6Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
20h 15mSFO-GIG
$1,049
5/12Sun
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
39h 06mSFO-GIG
$1,055
7/6Sat
2 stopsDelta
25h 20mSFO-GIG
$2,355
7/18Thu
1 stopDelta
20h 50mSFO-GIG
$2,855

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Last minute flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from San Francisco to Rio de Janeiro that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/30Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
24h 18mSFO-GIG
5/7Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
26h 16mGIG-SFO
$779
5/4Sat
multi-stop
35h 33mSFO-GIG
5/13Mon
multi-stop
25h 05mGIG-SFO
$926
4/30Tue
multi-stopAvianca
26h 20mSFO-GIG
5/8Wed
multi-stopAvianca
19h 15mGIG-SFO
$943
5/4Sat
multi-stop
18h 47mSFO-GIG
5/14Tue
multi-stop
25h 10mGIG-SFO
$957
4/30Tue
multi-stop
26h 20mSFO-GIG
5/8Wed
multi-stop
29h 15mGIG-SFO
$964
5/3Fri
multi-stopAvianca
54h 15mSFO-GIG
5/12Sun
multi-stopAvianca
39h 15mGIG-SFO
$1,008
4/30Tue
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
14h 55mSFO-GIG
5/1Wed
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
25h 47mGIG-SFO
$1,580
4/30Tue
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
18h 25mSFO-GIG
5/1Wed
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
29h 09mGIG-SFO
$1,968
5/3Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
37h 32mSFO-GIG
5/13Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
21h 36mGIG-SFO
$2,215
5/4Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
19h 08mSFO-GIG
5/26Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
30h 59mGIG-SFO
$2,250

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San Francisco - Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport Flights

Departure:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Destination:

Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport (GIG)Brazil

Return flight deals:

Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport - San Francisco

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