Johannesburg (JNB) to Sao Paulo (SAO): 4,623 miles (7,439 km) great-circle, about 9h 45m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $586 round-trip on TAAG Angola Airlines, with 1 stop, departing July 13, 2026.
$586 round-trip, TAAG Angola Airlines DT576, departing 2026-07-13 at 05:45, returning 2026-08-26. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Wednesday 44 nights later; the fare was observed 79 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $586, it ranked 17th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from JNB (median $564). That is 12.7 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the JNB median of 23.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from JNB of similar length: Istanbul (4,658 mi) at $676 and Tbilisi (4,806 mi) at $735.
JNB to SAO is the only one of 30 JNB routes where TAAG Angola Airlines priced cheapest. It is the 8th longest of the 30 routes we track from JNB.
Of 20 departure airports with a fare to Sao Paulo, Johannesburg (JNB) ranked 6th at $586. 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 Africa/Johannesburg, America/Sao_Paulo; flight time is our estimate.