São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis bus

Buses from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis start at €44.18 and take 12h 24m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis starts at €44.18 and takes 12h 24m door to door, run by 3 operators over 872 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 12h 24mDoor to door
  • 11h 40mMoving
  • €44.18 to €88.73From
  • 06:35 to 16:57First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 23.5 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.

€44.18 to €88.73 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 €85.98Wed16
  2. about €88.73Thu17
  3. about €84.33Fri18
  4. about €68.93Sat19
  5. about €66.73Sun20
  6. about €55.18Mon21
  7. about €56.83Tue22
  8. about €51.33Wed23
  9. about €67.28Thu24
  10. about €56.83Fri25
  11. about €55.73Sat26
  12. about €53.53Sun27
  13. about €45.28Mon28
  14. about €44.18Tue29

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€35.93
  1. Expresso Satélite Norte ES986407:307h 46m15:16Estação RodoviáriaCuritiba Bus and Train Station
  2. Auto Viação Catarinense AV390816:173h 27m19:44Curitiba Bus and Train StationTerminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis

Changes at Curitiba, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 12h 58mCO2 22.7 kgChanges 1Changeable 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
Expresso Satélite Norte€37.0312h 3m
Real Expresso€38.6812h 3m
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€36.4812h 4m

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

A hotel room

A room in Florianópolis for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis

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

  1. €39.7890 days
  2. €35.9360 days
  3. €37.5845 days
  4. €41.4330 days
  5. €35.9321 days
  6. €44.1814 days
  7. €56.837 days
  8. €84.333 days
  9. €85.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is €85.98, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €53.53Sun
  2. €45.28Mon
  3. €44.18Tue
  4. €51.33Wed
  5. €67.28Thu
  6. €56.83Fri
  7. €55.73Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São José do Rio Preto

Coach
  • Estação Rodoviária
  • Brentur Fretamento de ônibus

Florianópolis

Coach
  • Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis
  • Terminal Rodoviário Rita Maria
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 872 km against 758 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 Curitiba, Ponta Grossa, Santo Antônio da Platina, Campinas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 José do Rio Preto at 06:35 and the last at 16:57, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis

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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis take?

The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis takes 12h 24m door to door, of which 11h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 872 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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis cost?

The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis starts at €44.18 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €43.08. 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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis?

3 operators run the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis: Expresso Satélite Norte, Real Expresso, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 12 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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis use?

The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis leaves from Estação Rodoviária and arrives at Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis. 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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis?

Fares for the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €35.93. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 139 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis produces about 23.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 872 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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis?

Operators on the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 24m 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 José do Rio Preto to Florianópolis on 15 September 2026: 872 km of route against 758 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €44.18, and 12h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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