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Find cheap flights from San José to Sao Paulo from $228

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 José to Sao Paulo departing on 5/21. 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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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from San José to Sao Paulo, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from San José to Sao Paulo (SJO-GRU)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San José to Sao Paulo 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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10:45 am - 3:35 amSJO-GRU
13h 50m1 stop
5:25 am - 2:45 pmGRU-SJO
12h 20m1 stop
$355Arajet
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Thu, Oct 31 - Mon, Nov 4
2:04 am - 3:20 pmSJO-GRU
10h 16m1 stop
1:35 am - 3:50 pmGRU-SJO
17h 15m1 stop
$421Avianca
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Mon, Jun 17 - Sat, Jun 22
10:25 am - 12:20 amSJO-GRU
10h 55m1 stop
5:10 pm - 12:20 amGRU-SJO
10h 10m1 stop
$424Avianca
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Mon, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 28
5:53 am - 9:01 pmSJO-GRU
12h 08m1 stop
5:20 am - 1:12 pmGRU-SJO
10h 52m1 stop
$426Copa Airlines
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Sat, Jun 8 - Thu, Jun 13
8:46 am - 3:25 amSJO-GRU
15h 39m1 stop
3:10 am - 7:24 pmGRU-SJO
19h 14m1 stop
$427Copa Airlines
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Sat, Oct 26 - Tue, Nov 5
2:04 am - 3:20 pmSJO-GRU
10h 16m1 stop
5:10 pm - 12:20 amGRU-SJO
10h 10m1 stop
$429Avianca
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Sun, Aug 18 - Wed, Aug 28
2:04 am - 3:20 pmSJO-GRU
10h 16m1 stop
7:45 am - 3:50 pmGRU-SJO
11h 05m1 stop
$435Avianca
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Wed, Aug 21 - Mon, Sep 2
11:04 am - 12:20 amSJO-GRU
10h 16m1 stop
3:10 am - 10:02 amGRU-SJO
9h 52m1 stop
$465Copa Airlines
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Wed, Jul 17 - Wed, Jul 24
5:05 pm - 7:15 amSJO-GRU
11h 10m1 stop
7:15 am - 3:40 pmGRU-SJO
11h 25m1 stop
$621LATAM Airlines
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Tue, Aug 13 - Tue, Aug 27
5:05 pm - 7:15 amSJO-GRU
11h 10m1 stop
4:25 pm - 3:40 pmGRU-SJO
26h 15m2 stops
$646LATAM Airlines
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Mon, Aug 12 - Sun, Sep 1

Flights from San José to Sao Paulo - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San José to Sao Paulo 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 José to Sao Paulo?

The average price of all flights from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Sao Paulo on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from San José to Sao Paulo. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos 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 José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport is July, where tickets cost $25 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and October, where the average cost of tickets is $534 and $509 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos 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 José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport, you should book around 4 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San José to Sao Paulo?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, Copa Airlines offered the best one-way deal for that route, at $228. KAYAK users also found San José to Sao Paulo round-trip flights on Arajet from $355 and on Avianca from $421.

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

May

Cheapest flight

$228
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 27% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 34% lower on average.
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When to book flights from San José to Sao Paulo

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San José to Sao Paulo 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 José to Sao Paulo flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San José, San José Province to Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport was $228 for a one-way ticket and $355 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San José and Sao Paulo?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Sao Paulo from San José.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San José to Sao Paulo?

    When flying out of San José you will be using San José Juan Santamaria Intl. You will be landing at Sao Paulo, also known as Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San José to Sao Paulo?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San José to Sao Paulo?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between San José and Sao Paulo.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San José to Sao Paulo, Copa Airlines or Avianca?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San José to Sao Paulo are Copa Airlines and Avianca. With an average price for the route of $533 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. Avianca is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $421 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San José to Sao Paulo?

    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 José to Sao Paulo.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San José to Sao Paulo?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Sao Paulo from San José 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 José to Sao Paulo?

    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 Sao Paulo with an airline and back to San José with another airline. Booking your flights between San José and GRU 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 José to Sao Paulo?

    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 Sao Paulo from San José up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 3 airlines serving from San José to Sao Paulo

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José to Sao Paulo. 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 José to Sao Paulo? 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.
7.8
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 2799 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.2Entertainment
7.7Comfort
8.3Crew
7.3Food
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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.

10.0 ExcellentCharlo, Dec 2023PTY - GRU
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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.

other than a slight delay in takeoff from Panama , the flights were excellent ..... we will continue to use Copa whenever possible for flights to and from Central and South America ....

la atencion en el avion fue excelente, la facilidad del checkin es muy buena.

I liked the friendliness of the crew and comfortable flight. All good.

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: "Nothing. This airline is awful in every way imaginable."
Cons: "We booked tickets to Costa Rica with Copa and they just changed our flights to two days later than the booking. They didn’t even bother to inform us of the change we only found out because we booked through Kayak and they let us know. Apparently Copa expects you to frequently check your booking just in case they’ve changed anything and don’t feel the need to inform their customers of any changes they make. Then we were told we could get a Copa voucher to use for other Copa flights for having to cancel our booking and rebook with another airline as a 48 hour change to our flight made flying with Copa not doable for us. But the website kept telling us we had a voucher that was sent to our email but despite repeated attempts it never came through. And spent hours trying to get through to someone on the phone to sort it out with no success ever getting through. My advice. NEVER EVER FLY WITH COPA."
Pros: "Both of my flights were on time which i know sounds basic but all of the flights i’ve catched from SJO to X were late and this time my connection in Panama was only 1h15 and we got there earlier, so that was nice!"
Cons: "A bunch of seats were free and we were mostly sat all together (3 person next to each other).. With the covid situation i think it could be good to be more separate if possible"
Cons: "Sure. I had booked a two week vacation in Brazil. All hotels, car rental and guides booked. Copa changed my fligjt at the last minute and out of the 14 days vacatipn I had in Brazil, they would have me spend 6 days in Panama City!!! Lost of small fortune with hotels, car rentals amd had to buy another ticket with Latam. They are a scam!!"
Pros: "It was an excellent trip, but the entertainment needs to be improved."
Cons: "More options on entertainment, needs variety."
Pros: "Food was good"
Cons: "Different movie, more leg room but I'm tall so that is with any plane."

No water for a 5 hour flight entertainment not working seats with little room for knees when person in front of me reclined kept bumping my knees.

No comfort at all. You should add at least 1 meal or a bottle of water. I wanted to buy one sandwich and everything was gone.

They could offer free food and drink like other international flights.

I flew with my service dog unfortunately they didn’t allow it to flight on the canine, but ok, the only problem was that when I arrived to Quito it took 1 hour to deliver my dog, they were supposed to deliver it the moment we get off the airplane.

Discomfort has become a feature in Avianca flights. That isn’t terrible on short, local flights (most of them 1-2 Hrs)… but a 7-Hr flight with no water, no coffeee, no nothing (unless you buy it) is just not right. Uncomfortable seats, almost inhuman space between chairs, in long-haul flights needs to be reviewed by airline. And unavailable entertainment system doesn’t help either. Flight was safe and on-time, which isn’t easy to achieve. But all other features aren’t features: they’re a modern way of torture. Avianca really needs to up their game, or bluntly declare: we’re an ultra low-cost airline, and fees will drop accordingly.

No complimentary snacks, food, beverages (even water) blanket and pillow on a 6 hours long flight (economy comfort). A low form of nickeling and diming. Lost a recurring pessanger over a soda. Will never fly Avianca again.

Flight departure late. Got late in Colombia making us take a different flight next day. Avianca airport crew messed up my ticket so when a I got in Brazil I didn’t have a ticket for my destination. Had to buy a new ticket out of my pocket.

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..

Cons: "We were not allowed to check my bag in line 2 hours early. Time listed on e boarding pass was at gate but we were in line 2 hours early and not alerted to get put ahead in lines. Misleading us and 3 others we knew of to not allowed to check bags or go to gate. Had to rebook next available 1 1/2 days later."
Pros: "Buenos protocolos COVID"
Cons: "En la reservación de kayak no aparece el código de reserva de vuelo de cada aerolínea. Para encontrarlo hay que buscar en la página help.kayak. Al no tener ese código disponible a la mano lo se puede hacer check in. Estuve llamando al Contacto Center de Avianca y el servicio fue muy deficiente."

I paid extra for a comfortable seat in the second flight, but the plane didn't have those seats, the first one did

The Arajet person who greeted us initially was unhelpful & rude about the mandatory migration form which has to be completed digitally but the systems don’t work properly. The boarding gate was changed twice and initial boarding was delayed. Once on board we we had to wait an hour and a half before take off. It was hot and there was very little room for tall-ish people to fit their knees in. The crew were pleasant but working in a poor situation. The plane was delayed because we were waiting for people from a delayed interconnecting flight. Arajet must have known that before we were asked to board. Better information, decisions & communication were needed.

My seat was broken and the crew had to find me somewhere else to sit. The crew was extremely courteous about this

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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 José to Sao Paulo found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/21Tue
1 stopCopa Airlines
9h 34mSJO-GRU
$228
6/15Sat
1 stopAvianca
19h 16mSJO-GRU
$246
9/15Sun
1 stopCopa Airlines
10h 21mSJO-GRU
$294
6/16Sun
2 stops
19h 40mSJO-GRU
$314
6/1Sat
1 stopCopa Airlines
15h 27mSJO-GRU
$362
6/16Sun
3 stopsAvianca
33h 25mSJO-GRU
$423
6/16Sun
3 stopsLATAM Airlines
25h 25mSJO-GRU
$436
6/15Sat
2 stops
15h 57mSJO-GRU
$453

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Last minute flights from San José to Sao Paulo

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 José to Sao Paulo that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/6Mon
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 16mSJO-GRU
5/16Thu
multi-stopCopa Airlines
13h 36mGRU-SJO
$426
5/7Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
12h 24mSJO-GRU
5/14Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
19h 44mGRU-SJO
$427
5/6Mon
multi-stopCopa Airlines
10h 06mSJO-GRU
5/12Sun
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 09mGRU-SJO
$466
5/5Sun
multi-stopAvianca
10h 16mSJO-GRU
5/16Thu
multi-stopAvianca
10h 10mGRU-SJO
$577
5/7Tue
multi-stop
12h 20mSJO-GRU
5/9Thu
multi-stop
21h 35mGRU-SJO
$596
5/7Tue
multi-stopCopa Airlines
13h 46mSJO-GRU
5/13Mon
multi-stopCopa Airlines
9h 09mGRU-SJO
$634
5/6Mon
multi-stop
10h 16mSJO-GRU
5/9Thu
multi-stop
21h 35mGRU-SJO
$635
5/6Mon
multi-stopAvianca
15h 05mSJO-GRU
5/16Thu
multi-stopAvianca
19h 20mGRU-SJO
$639
5/5Sun
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
19h 10mSJO-GRU
5/8Wed
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
20h 50mGRU-SJO
$681
5/5Sun
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
20h 15mSJO-GRU
5/8Wed
multi-stopLATAM Airlines
20h 50mGRU-SJO
$699

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San José - Sao Paulo Flights

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San José (SJO)Costa Rica

Destination:

Sao Paulo (GRU)Brazil

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Sao Paulo - San José

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