Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos flight

Flights from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos start at €31.41 and take 3h 57m at their fastest.

BrazilSão PauloSão PauloCampinasCampinasNova IguaçuNova IguaçuSão Bernardo do CampoSão Bernardo do CampoSorocabaSorocabaJuiz de ForaJuiz de ForaCampos dos GoytacazesCampos dos GoytacazesJundiaíJundiaíPiracicabaPiracicabaSantosSantosGrajaúGrajaúPetrópolisPetrópolisLimeiraLimeiraVolta RedondaVolta RedondaTaboão da SerraTaboão da SerraSão CarlosSão CarlosRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroSão José dos CamposSão José dos CamposMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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The Flights from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos starts at €31.41 and takes 3h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 287 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 57mDoor to door
  • 47mMoving
  • €35.54 to €56.78From
  • 06:23 to 20:05First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 60.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€35.54 to €56.78 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €56.78Mon21
  2. about €49.70Tue22
  3. about €51.47Wed23
  4. about €55.01Thu24
  5. about €49.70Fri25
  6. about €51.47Sat26
  7. about €52.65Sun27
  8. about €35.54Mon28
  9. about €37.90Tue29
  10. about €39.08Wed30
  11. about €42.03Thu1
  12. about €39.08Fri2
  13. about €41.44Sat3
  14. about €38.49Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€31.41
  1. Azul A149210:4947m11:36Rio de Janeiro Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport GIGProfessor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport SJK

Door to door 3h 57mCO2 60.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Azul€31.413h 57m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Azul

The flight gets you into São José dos Campos. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in São José dos Campos for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from São José dos Campos railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €16.6890 days
  2. €14.4860 days
  3. €12.2845 days
  4. €11.7330 days
  5. €15.5821 days
  6. €17.7814 days
  7. €22.737 days
  8. €24.933 days
  9. €27.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 131 percent. The dearest point is €27.13, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €17.78Sun
  2. €16.68Mon
  3. €16.68Tue
  4. €17.23Wed
  5. €19.98Thu
  6. €18.88Fri
  7. €18.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rio de Janeiro

Air
  • GIG
  • SDU

São José dos Campos

Air
  • SJK
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 287 km against 278 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:23 and the last at 20:05, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight3h 57m47m3h 10m€31.4160.0 kg8
Coach4h 25m3h 41m44m€13.389.5 kg96

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos take?

The Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos takes 3h 57m door to door, of which 47m is spent moving. The route runs 287 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos cost?

The Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos starts at €31.41 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.77. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos?

1 operators run the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos: Azul. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos use?

The Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos leaves from Rio de Janeiro Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport GIG and arrives at Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport SJK. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Flight the best way from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos?

Travelling from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos by Coach costs €13.38 and takes 4h 25m door to door, against 3h 57m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos?

Fares for the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 131 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos produce?

The Flight from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos produces about 60.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 287 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos on 20 September 2026: 287 km of route against 278 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The fare from SJK into São José dos Campos is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in São José dos Campos

Settled in advance, so the ride into São José dos Campos costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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