São Carlos to Alvorada bus

Buses from São Carlos to Alvorada start at €53.53 and take 14h 55m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São Carlos to Alvorada starts at €53.53 and takes 14h 55m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,084 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 55mDoor to door
  • 14h 11mMoving
  • €53.53 to €98.63From
  • 06:34 to 14:47First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 29.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€53.53 to €98.63 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 €98.63Mon14
  2. about €84.88Tue15
  3. about €93.13Wed16
  4. about €89.83Thu17
  5. about €86.53Fri18
  6. about €87.08Sat19
  7. about €82.68Sun20
  8. about €61.23Mon21
  9. about €53.53Tue22
  10. about €59.03Wed23
  11. about €82.13Thu24
  12. about €86.53Fri25
  13. about €72.78Sat26
  14. about €65.63Sun27

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 29 September 2026

Cheapest€47.48
  1. Planalto Transportes PT534206:3816h 7m22:45SOU São CarlosTerminal Passo da Figueira

Door to door 16h 51mCO2 29.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€59.03
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG830406:3414h 11m20:45SOU São CarlosTerminal Passo da Figueira

Door to door 14h 55mCO2 29.3 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€49.6814h 55m
Planalto Transportes€47.4814h 48m

The coach gets you into Alvorada. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Alvorada for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book São Carlos to Alvorada

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

  1. €59.0390 days
  2. €52.4360 days
  3. €45.2845 days
  4. €41.9830 days
  5. €49.6821 days
  6. €65.6314 days
  7. €82.687 days
  8. €93.133 days
  9. €98.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 135 percent. The dearest point is €98.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €65.63Sun
  2. €61.23Mon
  3. €53.53Tue
  4. €59.03Wed
  5. €82.13Thu
  6. €86.53Fri
  7. €72.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Carlos

Coach
  • SOU São Carlos
  • Estação Norte

Alvorada

Coach
  • Terminal Passo da Figueira
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,084 km against 943 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 Jaraguá, Curitiba, Presidente Getúlio, Erechim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 São Carlos at 06:34 and the last at 14:47, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about São Carlos to Alvorada

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 São Carlos to Alvorada take?

The Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada takes 14h 55m door to door, of which 14h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 1,084 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 São Carlos to Alvorada cost?

The Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada starts at €53.53 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €58.21. 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 São Carlos to Alvorada?

2 operators run the Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Planalto Transportes. Between them they file around 8 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 São Carlos to Alvorada use?

The Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada leaves from SOU São Carlos and arrives at Terminal Passo da Figueira. 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 São Carlos to Alvorada?

Fares for the Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada produce?

The Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada produces about 29.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1084 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 São Carlos to Alvorada?

Operators on the Coach from São Carlos to Alvorada publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 55m 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 São Carlos to Alvorada on 13 September 2026: 1084 km of route against 943 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €53.53, and 14h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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