Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 19:28. One passenger pays between €16.68 and €17.78, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 33m over 367 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€16.68 to €17.78
- 141%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ribeirão Preto
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:33First departure
- 19:28Last departure
- 18Services per day
- 83%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Kandango Transportes e Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €34.83Mon21
- about €29.88Tue22
- about €33.18Wed23
- about €32.63Thu24
- about €30.98Fri25
- about €32.08Sat26
- about €29.33Sun27
- about €21.08Mon28
- about €21.63Tue29
- about €22.18Wed30
- about €24.93Thu1
- about €23.83Fri2
- about €23.83Sat3
- about €22.73Sun4
- about €17.23Mon5
- about €16.68Tue6
- about €17.78Wed7
- about €22.18Thu8
- about €20.53Fri9
- about €20.53Sat10
- about €19.98Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Patos de Minas. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Patos de Minas for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €18.8860 days
- €14.4845 days
- €16.1330 days
- €19.9821 days
- €22.7314 days
- €29.337 days
- €33.183 days
- €34.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 141 percent. The dearest point is €34.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
367 km
319 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
698,642 → 159,235
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 367 km against 319 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 Ipameri, Araxá, São José do Rio Preto, Catalão. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 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.
The fare from POJ into Patos de Minas is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Patos de Minas
Settled in advance, so the ride into Patos de Minas costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Rodoviária de Patos de Minas
Most of the points near Rodoviária de Patos de Minas open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas
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 it take to get from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
The fastest journey from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas takes 5h 33m door to door, of which 4h 52m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 5h 57m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
The cheapest fare from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas is €16.68, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.68. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
The cheapest way from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas is by coach, at €16.68 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
Fares from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €14.48. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 141 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas, at €21.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas, at €15.03 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
3 operators sell services from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas across 1 mode: Gte Locadora Turistica, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Viacao Continental de Transportes. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
79 percent of the services we sell from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas are direct. The rest connect at Ipameri, Araxá, São José do Rio Preto, Catalão, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas use?
Services from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas by coach leave from Rodoviária and arrive at Rodoviária de Patos de Minas. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ribeirão Preto to Patos de Minas on 20 September 2026: 367 km of route against 319 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €16.68, and 5h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Patos de Minas is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Patos de Minas and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Patos de Minas in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ribeirão Preto reaches 294 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 90 to 2,286 km. Patos de Minas reaches 120 places in 1 countries, from 121 to 1,934 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ribeirão Preto
- 294Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 42Operators
Arriving in Patos de Minas
Leaving Patos de Minas
- 120Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 12Operators