Best time to fly Washington to São Paulo

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full IAD to GRU record →

Best month

April

83.3% on time · 31 flights

Worst month

July

42.4% on time · 93 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 62 75% 3.23% 263 min
February 56 71.4% 0% 88 min
March 61 82% 0% 85 min
April 31 83.3% 3.23% 418 min
May 63 65.6% 3.17% 268 min
June 60 63.3% 0% 341 min
July 93 42.4% 1.08% 268 min
August 62 58.1% 0% 192 min
September 60 81.7% 0% 163 min
October 50 79.2% 4% 96 min
November 60 70.7% 3.33% 209 min
December 62 64.5% 0% 198 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.