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Cheap hotels near the airport in Sao Paulo

Andres Molina

Andres Molina Latin America

Updated 1 September 2026 · 18 Sao Paulo hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Sao Paulo, out of the 18 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.6.

Every one comes in under $130 a night, and the one I would book first is $29.

Hostel My House, quartos perto do aeroporto de Guarulhos

Highest rated of the five

Hostel My House, quartos perto do aeroporto de Guarulhos

★★★★★4.8 from 223 reviews

Hostel My House, quartos perto do aeroporto de Guarulhos comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 223 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under the airport and around $29 a night on the dates we checked.

18 hotels in Sao Paulo qualified for this list and five made it. Hotel Próximo Aeroporto de Guarulhos | Village GRU is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Hostel My House, quartos perto do aeroporto de Guarulhos1

    Hostel My House, quartos perto do aeroporto de Guarulhos

    ★★★★★4.8 from 223 reviews

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    • Hotel Próximo Aeroporto de Guarulhos | Village GRU2

      Hotel Próximo Aeroporto de Guarulhos | Village GRU

      ★★★★★4.8 from 121 reviews

      • Bar
      • Air conditioning

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    • Pousada La Casa do Manguinha3

      Pousada La Casa do Manguinha

      ★★★★★4.7 from 142 reviews

      • Bar
      • Kitchen
      • Air conditioning

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    • Casa completa a 10 min do aeroporto Guarulhos4

      Casa completa a 10 min do aeroporto Guarulhos

      ★★★★★4.85 from 82 reviews

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      • O Hostel - Gru | SP - Self Check In - Unidade Aeroporto5

        O Hostel - Gru | SP - Self Check In - Unidade Aeroporto

        ★★★★★4.6 from 512 reviews

        • Restaurant
        • Bar
        • Parking
        • Pet friendly
        • Airport shuttle

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      How this list was put together

      18 Sao Paulo hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

      Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

      The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

      What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

      Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

      Andres Molina

      Andres Molina Latin America

      Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.

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