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title: "Flights to São Paulo: how far it is, and from where · Orbit"
description: "Great circle distances and estimated flying times to São Paulo, Brazil, from 7 cities — 336 km at the nearest, 15,995 km at the furthest. Distance and geography, not fares."
url: https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/sao-paulo
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Brazil · South America

# Flights to São Paulo: how far it is, and from where

São Paulo sits at 23.4°S, 46.5°W, served by São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro (GRU). Below are 7 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

**Routes here**
7
in the catalogue

**Nearest**
336 km
from Rio de Janeiro

**Furthest**
15,995 km
from Singapore

**Airports**
1
GRU

## How far São Paulo is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

| From                                                         |     | Distance  | Estimated | Direction                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | --- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- |
| [Rio de Janeiro](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-gig) | GIG | 336 km    | 55m       | barely any time shift            |
| [Buenos Aires](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-eze)   | EZE | 1,723 km  | 2h 38m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Santiago](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-scl)       | SCL | 2,615 km  | 3h 45m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Miami](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mia-to-gru)          | MIA | 6,574 km  | 8h 40m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Madrid](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-gru)         | MAD | 8,378 km  | 10h 55m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [London](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-gru)         | LHR | 9,460 km  | 12h 15m   | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/gru-to-sin)      | SIN | 15,995 km | 20h 23m   | westbound — the easier direction |

## What São Paulo adds to a map

São Paulo puts a pin in Brazil, and South America is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Singapore, is 15,995 km: 39.9% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

[What actually counts as a country visited →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/counting-countries)

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