Prata to São José do Rio Preto bus

Buses from Prata to São José do Rio Preto start at €11.73 and take 3h 26m at their fastest.

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A stunning aerial view showcasing São José do Rio Pardo's scenic landscape.

The Buses from Prata to São José do Rio Preto starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 201 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 26mDoor to door
  • 2h 42mMoving
  • €11.73 to €24.93From
  • 06:00 to 17:06First and last departure
  • 7Per day
  • 5.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.73 to €24.93 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €21.08Wed16
  2. about €24.93Thu17
  3. about €18.88Fri18
  4. about €19.98Sat19
  5. about €18.88Sun20
  6. about €18.88Mon21
  7. about €14.48Tue22
  8. about €14.48Wed23
  9. about €17.23Thu24
  10. about €16.68Fri25
  11. about €16.68Sat26
  12. about €16.13Sun27
  13. about €13.93Mon28
  14. about €11.73Tue29

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€11.18
  1. Rotas de Viacao do Triangulo RV490011:332h 52m14:25Terminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela JunqueiraEstação Rodoviária

Door to door 3h 36mCO2 5.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€11.18
  1. Rotas de Viacao do Triangulo RV345017:062h 42m19:48Terminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela JunqueiraEstação Rodoviária

Door to door 3h 26mCO2 5.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Rotas de Viacao do Triangulo€11.183h 25m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

The coach gets you into São José do Rio Preto. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in São José do Rio Preto for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Rodoviária and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Prata to São José do Rio Preto

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €12.8390 days
  2. €11.7360 days
  3. €12.2845 days
  4. €13.3830 days
  5. €11.1821 days
  6. €11.7314 days
  7. €14.487 days
  8. €18.883 days
  9. €21.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 89 percent. The dearest point is €21.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €16.13Sun
  2. €13.93Mon
  3. €11.73Tue
  4. €14.48Wed
  5. €17.23Thu
  6. €16.68Fri
  7. €16.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Prata

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela Junqueira

São José do Rio Preto

Coach
  • Estação Rodoviária
  • Brentur Fretamento de ônibus
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 201 km against 175 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Catalão, Morrinhos, São Carlos, Itumbiara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Prata at 06:00 and the last at 17:06, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Prata to São José do Rio Preto

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto take?

The Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto takes 3h 26m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 201 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto cost?

The Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto starts at €11.73 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.03. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto?

1 operators run the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto: Rotas de Viacao do Triangulo. Between them they file around 7 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto use?

The Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto leaves from Terminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela Junqueira and arrives at Estação Rodoviária. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto?

Fares for the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 89 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto produce?

The Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto produces about 5.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 201 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto?

Operators on the Coach from Prata to São José do Rio Preto publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 26m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Prata to São José do Rio Preto on 15 September 2026: 201 km of route against 175 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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