Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Sao Paulo (SAO): 209 miles (336 km) great-circle, about 0h 55m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $59 round-trip on Azul, nonstop, departing May 20, 2026.
$59 round-trip, Azul AD4028, departing 2026-05-20 at 11:50, returning 2026-05-28. The recorded itinerary left on a Wednesday, returning on a Thursday 8 nights later; the fare was observed 25 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $59, it was the cheapest of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from GIG (median $649). That is 28.2 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the GIG median of 19.9 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from GIG of similar length: Curitiba (418 mi) at $196 and Florianopolis (472 mi) at $380.
Azul had the cheapest fare on 5 of 30 GIG routes. It is the 30th longest of the 30 routes we track from GIG.
Of 20 departure airports with a fare to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro (GIG) ranked 1st at $59. Lowest: $59 from Rio de Janeiro (GIG); highest: $1830 from Brisbane (BNE); 4 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Copa (4), Arajet (3), Avianca (2), TAAG Angola Airlines (2), Azul (1) and Cathay Pacific (1), plus 7 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Sao_Paulo, America/Sao_Paulo; flight time is our estimate.