São Paulo to Florianópolis bus

Buses from São Paulo to Florianópolis start at €26.03 and take 7h 9m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São Paulo to Florianópolis starts at €26.03 and takes 7h 9m door to door, run by 4 operators over 489 km, with around 48 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 9mDoor to door
  • 6h 25mMoving
  • €26.03From
  • 13.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€22.73
  1. Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas ST442021:337h 10m04:43Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus stationTerminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis

Door to door 7h 54mCO2 13.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Auto Viação Catarinense€23.287h 8m
Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha€23.287h 8m
Expresso Adamantina€22.737h 8m
Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas€22.737h 7m

The journey ends at Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Florianópolis for the night the coach gets in

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book São Paulo to Florianópolis

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

  1. €26.5890 days
  2. €22.7360 days
  3. €19.9845 days
  4. €18.3330 days
  5. €24.3821 days
  6. €26.0314 days
  7. €30.437 days
  8. €33.733 days
  9. €39.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 114 percent. The dearest point is €39.23, 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. €26.03Sun
  2. €26.58Mon
  3. €26.03Tue
  4. €28.23Wed
  5. €34.83Thu
  6. €32.08Fri
  7. €32.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

São Paulo

Coach
  • Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
  • 8017-10

Florianópolis

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

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 489 km against 489 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves São Paulo at 06:27 and the last at 21:33, across 48 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 13m1h 3m3h 10m€53.83124.0 kg24
Coach7h 9m6h 25m44m€26.0313.2 kg48

Questions about São Paulo 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 Paulo to Florianópolis take?

The Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis takes 7h 9m door to door, of which 6h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 489 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 Paulo to Florianópolis cost?

The Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis starts at €26.03 for one passenger, checked on 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.58. 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 Paulo to Florianópolis?

4 operators run the Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis: Auto Viação Catarinense, Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha, Expresso Adamantina, Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas. Between them they file around 48 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 Paulo to Florianópolis use?

The Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis leaves from Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station 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.

Is the Coach the best way from São Paulo to Florianópolis?

Travelling from São Paulo to Florianópolis by Flight costs €53.83 and takes 4h 13m door to door, against 7h 9m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis?

Fares for the Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 114 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis produce?

The Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis produces about 13.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 489 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 Paulo to Florianópolis?

Operators on the Coach from São Paulo to Florianópolis publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 9m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for São Paulo to Florianópolis on 13 September 2026: 489 km of route against 489 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.03, and 7h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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