Best time to fly Chicago to São Paulo

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

Best month

February

62.5% on time · 56 flights

Worst month

July

29% on time · 93 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 63 32.3% 1.59% 89 min
February 56 62.5% 0% 75 min
March 63 34.9% 0% 116 min
April 61 57.6% 3.28% 120 min
May 62 53.2% 0% 119 min
June 60 50% 0% 57 min
July 93 29% 0% 129 min
August 62 44.3% 1.61% 94 min
September 60 60% 0% 75 min
October 51 58.8% 0% 83 min
November 60 49.2% 1.67% 63 min
December 62 38.7% 0% 70 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.