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The cheapest return flight from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport to Sao Paulo costs $89 on the route between Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) and Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl Airport (GRU). Over the past month, flights between Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) and Sao Paulo Congonhas Airport (CGH) were, on average, 48% cheaper than other Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport-Sao Paulo routes. This is also the most popular route.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Sao Paulo on a Saturday, 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport to Sao Paulo is January, where tickets cost $102 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and May, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $127 and $122 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport to Sao Paulo, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 74% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo were found on Azul ($78) and LATAM Airlines ($115).

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are LATAM Airlines (161 flights per week), GOL (151 flights per week), and Azul (145 flights per week).

Weekly flights between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo historically see delays in approximately 8% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 89 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the morning tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the evening have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Saturday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Thursday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, GOL have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 6% of their flights encountering any delays.

There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 46 and 72 nonstop flights that take off from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport and land in Sao Paulo, with an average flight time of 1h 07m. The most common departure time is 6:00 am and most flights take off in the morning, while the most flights land at Sao Paulo Congonhas Airport. Each week, there are 457 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Monday, when 16% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Saturday.