São Paulo (GRU) to Frankfurt (FRA): 6,087 miles (9,797 km) great-circle, about 12h 40m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1255 round-trip on Lufthansa, with 1 stop, departing May 29, 2026.
$1255 round-trip, Lufthansa LH505, departing 2026-05-29 at 20:50, returning 2026-06-11. The recorded itinerary left on a Friday, returning on a Thursday 13 nights later; the fare was observed 34 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1255, it ranked 23rd of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from GRU (median $520). That is 20.6 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the GRU median of 21.3 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from GRU of similar length: Istanbul (6,560 mi) at $1057 and Madrid (5,206 mi) at $1080.
GRU to FRA is the only one of 30 GRU routes where Lufthansa priced cheapest. It is the 8th longest of the 30 routes we track from GRU.
Of 13 departure airports with a fare to Frankfurt, São Paulo (GRU) ranked 12th at $1255. Lowest: $43 from Vilnius (VNO); highest: $1506 from Guadalajara (GDL); 5 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Air Baltic (2), United Airlines (2), Air Canada (1), Air Europa (1), Condor (1) and Croatia Airlines (1), plus 5 more.
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Sao_Paulo, Europe/Berlin; flight time is our estimate.