Cheap flights from London to Sao Paulo

The dates that lift prices are the fixed ones: Christmas and New Year, school breaks in the United Kingdom and the middle of the Brazilian summer. November comes up as the cheapest month in the calendar for this pairing, and it sits in the Brazilian spring, ahead of the peak holiday weeks. The dated prices on this page cover October through September, so work the whole window — test a midweek departure against a weekend one, and November against the months either side. If you must travel in a peak stretch, booking earlier is the lever you actually control.

The balance tips toward the traditional end: Swiss, United Airlines, TAP Portugal, Air Europa, Avianca and LATAM Airlines are full-service operators, while Jet2, WestJet, Luxair and Portug bring the leaner, add-on style of pricing. None of them flies the route nonstop, so you are comparing layover patterns as much as logos, and what each fare includes shifts with that. Full-service tickets here typically cover a checked bag, meals and a protected connection; the leaner names tend to sell the seat first and price baggage at checkout. Weigh two or three options with bags added, because the headline number alone rarely shows which itinerary costs less in the end.

Land in Sao Paulo late in the day and the plan changes: public transport runs less often in the evening, so settle in advance on an official taxi rank, a ride-hailing app or a prebooked transfer. Guarulhos International is the main gateway for flights arriving from abroad, well outside the centre, with airport buses and a suburban rail link among the ways into town. Congonhas sits much closer to the city centre and mainly handles flights within Brazil, useful if your journey continues onward, while Viracopos is the far outlier of the three and needs the longest transfer of all.

Currency

BRL (R$)

Power sockets

Type C, N · 127 V

Language

Portuguese

Emergency number

188, 190, 192

Driving side

right

Calling code

+55

Internet domain

.br

Population of Sao Paulo

11.5 M (2022)

Time zone

UTC-03 (America/Sao_Paulo)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Add a checked bag to each fare before comparing; leaner carriers unbundle it, and the extra can flip the ranking.
• If two flights sit on separate tickets, check the layover length and who rebooks you if the first leg runs late.
• Weigh the departure airports — London City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted — since the start point changes price and pace.
• Check which Sao Paulo airport your ticket lands at; Guarulhos, Congonhas and Viracopos differ widely in distance from the centre.
• Test November against the school-holiday months in the price calendar before you settle on dates.
• Confirm the entry documents Brazil asks of your nationality and your passport's validity before you pay.