San Jose (SJC) to Rio de Janeiro (RIO): 6,581 miles (10,591 km) great-circle, about 13h 40m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1615 round-trip on American Airlines, with 2 stops, departing June 19, 2026.
$1615 round-trip, American Airlines AA2572, departing 2026-06-19 at 11:48, returning 2026-07-11. The recorded itinerary left on a Friday, returning on a Saturday 22 nights later; the fare was observed 55 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1615, it ranked 28th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SJC (median $415). That is 24.5 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the SJC median of 23.1 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SJC of similar length: Manila (7,007 mi) at $1266 and Beijing (5,929 mi) at $1351.
American Airlines had the cheapest fare on 3 of 30 SJC routes. It is the 2nd longest of the 30 routes we track from SJC.
Of 3 departure airports with a fare to Rio de Janeiro, San Jose (SJC) ranked 3rd at $1615. Lowest: $124 from São Paulo (GRU); highest: $1615 from San Jose (SJC); 2 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): American Airlines (1), Azul (1) and Flybondi (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Los_Angeles, America/Sao_Paulo; flight time is our estimate.