Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto bus

Buses from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto start at €131.08 and take 35h 12m at their fastest.

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

The Buses from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto starts at €131.08 and takes 35h 12m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,595 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 35h 12mDoor to door
  • 34h 28mMoving
  • €131.08 to €279.03From
  • 06:08 to 14:21First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 70.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€131.08 to €279.03 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 €226.23Wed16
  2. about €279.03Thu17
  3. about €202.58Fri18
  4. about €247.68Sat19
  5. about €248.78Sun20
  6. about €187.73Mon21
  7. about €144.28Tue22
  8. about €154.73Wed23
  9. about €180.58Thu24
  10. about €189.93Fri25
  11. about €169.03Sat26
  12. about €167.93Sun27
  13. about €138.23Mon28
  14. about €131.08Tue29

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 5 October 2026

Cheapest€98.63
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG718314:2135h01:21Terminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz AlvesEstação Rodoviária

Door to door 35h 44mCO2 70.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€136.58
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG166706:0834h 28m16:36Terminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz AlvesEstação Rodoviária

Door to door 35h 12mCO2 70.1 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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€98.6334h 15m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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 Salinópolis 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. €140.9890 days
  2. €111.2860 days
  3. €111.8345 days
  4. €157.4830 days
  5. €102.4821 days
  6. €131.0814 days
  7. €144.287 days
  8. €202.583 days
  9. €226.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €102.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 121 percent. The dearest point is €226.23, 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. €167.93Sun
  2. €138.23Mon
  3. €131.08Tue
  4. €154.73Wed
  5. €180.58Thu
  6. €189.93Fri
  7. €169.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Salinópolis

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz Alves

São José do Rio Preto

Coach
  • Estação Rodoviária
  • Brentur Fretamento de ônibus
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,595 km against 2,257 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 Campinas, Brasília, Ribeirão Preto, Vitória da Conquista. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Salinópolis at 06:08 and the last at 14:21, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Salinópolis 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto take?

The Coach from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto takes 35h 12m door to door, of which 34h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 2,595 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto cost?

The Coach from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto starts at €131.08 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €134.66. 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto?

1 operators run the Coach from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 6 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto use?

The Coach from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto leaves from Terminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz Alves 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto?

Fares for the Coach from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €102.48. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 121 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto produces about 70.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2595 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto?

Operators on the Coach from Salinópolis 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 35h 12m 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 Salinópolis to São José do Rio Preto on 15 September 2026: 2595 km of route against 2257 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €131.08, and 35h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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