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$478 Find cheap flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco departing on 9/21. 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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco (RIO-SFO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco 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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1:30 am - 10:35 pmGIG-SFO
25h 05m3 stops
11:59 pm - 7:40 amSFO-GIG
27h 41m3 stops
Wed, Jun 5 - Fri, Jun 21
2:35 pm - 10:47 amGIG-SFO
24h 12m2 stops
12:10 pm - 3:10 pmSFO-GIG
23h 00m2 stops
Tue, Oct 1 - Tue, Oct 8
1:32 am - 11:40 pmGIG-SFO
26h 08m1 stop
8:03 pm - 12:15 amSFO-GIG
24h 12m1 stop
$908Copa Airlines
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Wed, Aug 21 - Thu, Aug 29
10:35 am - 11:40 pmGIG-SFO
17h 05m1 stop
7:56 pm - 12:14 amSFO-GIG
24h 18m1 stop
$924Copa Airlines
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Sun, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 25
7:05 am - 11:26 pmGIG-SFO
20h 21m2 stops
5:45 pm - 10:40 pmSFO-GIG
24h 55m3 stops
$1,027LATAM Airlines
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Tue, Oct 1 - Tue, Oct 8
9:05 pm - 6:52 pmGIG-SFO
25h 47m1 stop
7:20 am - 8:15 amSFO-GIG
20h 55m1 stop
$1,028United Airlines
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Wed, Aug 7 - Tue, Aug 27
11:00 pm - 11:13 amGIG-SFO
16h 13m1 stop
12:16 pm - 3:20 pmSFO-GIG
23h 04m2 stops
$1,033American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 22 - Thu, Aug 29
4:55 pm - 2:18 pmGIG-SFO
25h 23m2 stops
11:40 am - 6:50 amSFO-GIG
15h 10m1 stop
$1,035LATAM Airlines
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Thu, Sep 12 - Tue, Sep 24
11:00 pm - 7:51 pmGIG-SFO
24h 51m2 stops
12:16 pm - 3:20 pmSFO-GIG
23h 04m2 stops
$1,036American Airlines
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Thu, Aug 22 - Thu, Aug 29
9:05 pm - 6:57 amGIG-SFO
37h 52m1 stop
9:21 am - 8:15 amSFO-GIG
18h 54m1 stop
$1,055United Airlines
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Tue, Aug 6 - Wed, Aug 28

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

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco 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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San Francisco on a Monday and more expensive on a Friday. On your return trip to Rio de Janeiro, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco, 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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco is March, where tickets cost $779 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and January, where the average cost of tickets is $1,031 and $1,027 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco, 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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 41 days before departure.

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

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 $478. KAYAK users also found Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco round-trip flights on Copa Airlines from $908 and on Air Canada from $916.

Good to know

Low season

June

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$478
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro-Galeao Airport to San Francisco

When to book flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco 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 flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco

  • What is the cheapest flight from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco was $478 for a one-way ticket and $867 for a round-trip.

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

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

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco?

    On your way to San Francisco, you’ll fly out from one of these Rio de Janeiro airports: Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl or Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont. You’ll be landing at San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco are Copa Airlines and LATAM Airlines. With an average price for the route of $783 and an overall rating of 7.8, Copa Airlines is the most popular choice. LATAM Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $708 and an overall rating of 7.5.

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

    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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Francisco from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco?

    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 San Francisco with an airline and back to Rio de Janeiro with another airline.

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

    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 San Francisco from Rio de Janeiro up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 4 airlines serving from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco. 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 Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco? 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 2769 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.7Comfort
7.2Entertainment
7.3Food
8.3Crew
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Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2024PTY - BWI
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Captain and Crew were excellent. The Boeing 737-800 was showing its age. In flight entertainment system was sluggish and my Business Class seat on the outbound flight had some mechanical issues. Only real problem was the location of the Gate in Panama PTY. It was a 40 minute hike from Security to the Gate. There should have been some sort of warning about the distance.

landed in panama it was in terminal one. We had to take a bus to terminal two for customs. Then back to terminal one. It was very frustrating. Then, on the way back from panama it was the same situation. We had to go back and forth between terminals to check in and drop our bags and then to board. When we were leaving, we had to wait in line for the boarding area and go through another gate security process. They told the bottles of water and coffee were bought while in line in the airport after we passed the main security. Ridiculous (and expensive). A much better communication system is needed.

This was my first time flying Copa but I'll definitely be back! Great service, professional agents, and delicious food for a fair price. Thanks for a great trip!

Horrible experience from start to end. Copa costumer service is non existent. They treat you bad. Everybody tells you different information. We didn’t received our luggage in the 1 day stop we did even we they said if was not going to be a problem. They didn’t respect the seats that we had and spread our family leaving in between of two big people who didn’t leave any space for me and crush me from side to side. I’ll never recommend Copa to anybody.

No cumpli mencionado trayecto por reasignacion de Copa Pero extraviaron mis maletas por su culpa

I was fortunate enough to have an entire row to myself and that was the highlight. Unfortunately, the flight was really turbulent which had no impact on how effective the crew was. However, I am disabled and should have boarded the flight first, but that wasn't the case. They also decided to take my bag at the gate because I had one too many and upon my picking it up at JFK it along with my rollator had been damaged. I am a vegan so the didn't have a proper meal for me and I was unable to view the entertainment because I didn't receive a set of headphones and if I needed to supply my own I wasn't made aware of that either. The crew was great, but overall everything was pretty lackluster.

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!!"
Cons: "Due the COVID-19 El Salvador closed its boarders, leaving me unable to fly. I have sent two emails, called and spoke to a customer service representative who treated me unprofessionally and rude. After that I have been calling numerous times with a wait of over 25 minutes each time and I still have to answer from you as a company. I am extremely disappointed and want an answer soon."
Pros: "Crew was great. Food was acceptable. Really comfortable flight."
Cons: "Entertainment could have been better. Tvs per seat to wAtch movies what we want"
Pros: "nice crew."
Cons: "seats were too small and uncomfortable, not possible to lean back much because of a tall passenger behind me. international flights should have better seats."

TAM is a real disappointment. We had to jump on a crowded bus for a 6am flight - although there were at least 15 available fingers that could have been used by our plane. Then, we were placed on row 30 - the last row of the plane, despite having purchased the tickets a long time ago and being TAM gold plus members. Note: worse seats on the plane. Great way of rewarding your frequent flyers TAM ! I now remember why I stoped flying internationally with TAM and moved to American, United, Swiss, Lufthansa and BA. TAM has no respect for its customers.

They offered food. The crew passed by again offering water. I enjoyed the two seating section. I think is very comfortable instead of the three seat way, unless you seat in the middle; which it's not bad, but I wouldn't prefer. All and all, I think the lay out of the seating rows are better than other airlines so far( I haven't tried many anyways). The lay out makes the getting in and out to use the restroom less uncomfortable and cramped. First time flying with Latam. I will fly with them again

I do not speak Spanish or read in Spanish When asking for help, people were hard to find they spoke quickly and pointed a lot directions for where to go and what to do we’re unclear. Which made my traveling uneasy.

I didn't realize they didn't have bathrooms on the plane. Almost had a very bad situation.

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

I missed my plane because there was a lot of people during the migration process. The airline has the chance to care for their clients and they could get the passengers missing in the flight. I lost a day of work and Montfort transportation to go back home and go to the airport again. Unfortunately the airline doesn’t care about that. I use latam at least 4 times a year, so I guess I need to be treat better. In addition, one on my baggages didyarricw to my destination. So frustrated with this trip.

Everthing ok , crew very nice but but we had a bad experience with the wheel chair we had to wait too much for the chair, my husband couldn’t walk and he was in lot of pain , LATAM has to take care of that

Flight was great Customer service was questionable until we found someone at checkin to help us. One young lady took all our passports disappeared for 15 minutes, came back with nothing done, handed to someone else and left for lunch. Very complacent. Baggage was very expensive until we went to the service counter and a separate person helped us. Even with platinum status they wouldn’t allow free bags. We will continue to fly Delta as our preferred carrier but will avoid checking in with Latam. Dr. Armand Radke

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.

Liked check in process To improve: food and beverages. Not second round was offered and meal had no salad.

Should have video screens Plane audio was poor and without wired connection hard to understand crew. Should serve more than just cups of water and pretzels on six hour flight. Did not see crew rest of flight. Fix charging sockets to retain charging blocks.

My bag was lost with my medicine and I am very inconvenienced. I don’t know what happened, however I want you to do a better job on getting people’s bag back

Do not like the feeling of being in the basic economy. Everyone should feel good no matter what.

So so. Terrible aircraft choice for that leg of the flight.

Our seat tv didn’t work All the rest was perfect

delay several times and wait extra long to board. no entertainment service because there are problem for some rows. always encounter some delays for the last flight of the day.

Meals were adequate but could be better. Lots of movies, podcasts, tv shows. We really enjoyed using our personal headsets highly recommended. 15 hrs flight great to travel at night.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

the plane was old. the wifi didn’t work. the entertainment was boring and dated. the charging ports were impossible to find. i was mostly ignored by flight attendants that had no problem speaking to the man beside me. i got two drinks the entire time i was on the plane.

Quit making seats narrower and narrower. The guy beside me spilled over in to my seat.

Somehow I got “offloaded” even though I had my boarding pass and was in transit Food is horrible Staff were nice and cheerful No headphones were provided on 11 hours flight

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

The staff were very helpful with lots of refreshments on offer. The toilets were clean. The seats were comfortable and entertainment was good. No complaints, it was excellent.

amazing! they were so kind and allowed us to sit on empty seats so we could stretch our legs and sleep good. Food is amazing as well plus dessert in the middle of the flight!

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

We experience delays on departure and connecting flights resulting in 14 hour to our next departure. We were accommodated with a night's stay but was only provided a 12 dollar meals accommodation. The airlines rules state.at least 50 dollars. In any case, it can not make up for the whole day missed on our vacation in Sydney Australia.

I can say I will not be taking this airline again any time soon. Seat were uncomfortable and too tight. Lack of chair screen and little overhead space.

American Airlines canceled the flight twice and was unable to facilitate a change of city for us after our travel plans became affected. We lost alot of money due to this and it seems like the airline was trying their best not to facilitate this. Mind you, I am a very loyal member.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/21Sat
1 stopCopa Airlines
26h 10mGIG-SFO
$478
6/10Mon
3 stopsAvianca
25h 05mGIG-SFO
$479
6/2Sun
3 stops
30h 10mGIG-SFO
$494
7/30Tue
2 stops
33h 33mGIG-SFO
$525
6/11Tue
2 stopsAir Canada
41h 22mSDU-SFO
$647
7/31Wed
2 stopsAir Canada
43h 31mSDU-SFO
$773
8/1Thu
2 stopsLATAM Airlines
22h 35mSDU-SFO
$813
7/30Tue
1 stopUnited Airlines
37h 52mGIG-SFO
$1,003
8/2Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
19h 05mGIG-SFO
$1,061
8/1Thu
3 stopsLATAM Airlines
30h 12mGIG-SFO
$1,067

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