Cheap flights from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Sao Paulo from $36

The cheapest month to fly to Sao Paulo from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport is in December. Flight prices, which tend to average around $32, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you don’t want to visit Sao Paulo in December, then you should wait until February to fly from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $36.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Sao Paulo is on a Friday when prices can be found for as low as $280. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to depart from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport because it is more convenient for both business and leisure travelers. As a result, prices tend to be around $592.

In the morning is the cheapest time of day to fly from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Sao Paulo when you can find flight prices for as low as $248. Flying to Sao Paulo in the morning is an ideal time because this is during off-peak travel hours. Flights to Sao Paulo are more costly in the evening, with an average ticket price of $640. Departure times in the evening fall within the peak daily travel times, which is why tickets can be more expensive.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Sao Paulo from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Sao Paulo for around $100 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Sao Paulo from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport for as low as $76 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 12% of flights between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 93 minutes.

Generally, flights departing at night tend to experience fewer delays. Flights in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week which experiences the fewest number of delays on this flight route. Friday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, GOL have had the least number of delays on this route over the last 12 months; with about 9% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

As of May 2026, there are 45 flights per day flying from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Sao Paulo. The most common time of day flights depart is 11:00AM, with 39% of flights taking off at noon.

316 flights are operational weekly from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão Intl Airport to Sao Paulo as of May 2026. The most popular departure day for this route is Thu, with 31% of flights per week taking off on this day.