Cheapest€26.58
- Auto Viacao Venancio Aires AV212306:228h 15m14:37Rodoviária de Santa MariaTerminal Rodoviário de Rio do Sul
Door to door 8h 59mCO2 15.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santa Maria to Rio do Sul bus
Buses from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul start at €30.98 and take 8h 59m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Santa Maria to Rio do Sul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul starts at €30.98 and takes 8h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 565 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 8h 59mDoor to door
- 8h 15mMoving
- €30.98 to €67.28From
- 06:22 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 15.3 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.
€30.98 to €67.28 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
- about €55.18Wed16
- about €67.28Thu17
- about €52.43Fri18
- about €55.18Sat19
- about €46.38Sun20
- about €48.03Mon21
- about €32.08Tue22
- about €33.73Wed23
- about €39.78Thu24
- about €41.43Fri25
- about €40.88Sat26
- about €38.13Sun27
- about €30.98Mon28
- about €35.38Tue29
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Viacao Venancio Aires | €26.58 | 8h 11m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Rio do Sul. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio do Sul for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Santa Maria to Rio do Sul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.2890 days
- €28.7860 days
- €33.1845 days
- €34.8330 days
- €26.5821 days
- €35.3814 days
- €32.087 days
- €52.433 days
- €55.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €26.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 108 percent. The dearest point is €55.18, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €38.13Sun
- €30.98Mon
- €32.08Tue
- €36.48Wed
- €40.88Thu
- €41.43Fri
- €40.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Santa Maria
Coach
- Rodoviária de Santa Maria
- Posto de Camobi
Rio do Sul
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Rio do Sul
- Terminal Urbano
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 565 km against 491 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 Santa Cruz do Sul, Farroupilha, Venâncio Aires, Bento Gonçalves. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Santa Maria at 06:22 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Santa Maria to Rio do Sul
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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul take?
The Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul takes 8h 59m door to door, of which 8h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 565 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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul cost?
The Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul starts at €30.98 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.23. 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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul?
1 operators run the Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul: Auto Viacao Venancio Aires. Between them they file around 5 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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul use?
The Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul leaves from Rodoviária de Santa Maria and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Rio do Sul. 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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul?
Fares for the Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €26.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 108 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul produce?
The Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul produces about 15.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 565 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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul?
Operators on the Coach from Santa Maria to Rio do Sul publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 59m 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 Santa Maria to Rio do Sul on 15 September 2026: 565 km of route against 491 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.98, and 8h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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