Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €21.62 and €21.63, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 38m over 448 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€21.62 to €21.63
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rio do Sul
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:22First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Auto Viacao Venancio Aires 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 €47.48Mon21
- about €43.63Tue22
- about €45.83Wed23
- about €39.78Thu24
- about €40.88Fri25
- about €40.33Sat26
- about €38.68Sun27
- about €24.93Mon28
- about €30.98Tue29
- about €30.43Wed30
- about €35.38Thu1
- about €32.63Fri2
- about €34.83Sat3
- about €27.68Sun4
- about €26.58Mon5
- about €21.62Tue6
- about €22.73Wed7
- about €34.28Thu8
- about €25.48Fri9
- about €24.93Sat10
- about €22.73Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Santa Cruz do Sul. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Santa Cruz do Sul for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Antiga Estação Férrea de Santa Cruz do Sul and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.5890 days
- €25.4860 days
- €22.1845 days
- €18.3330 days
- €22.7321 days
- €27.6814 days
- €38.687 days
- €45.833 days
- €47.481 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 159 percent. The dearest point is €47.48, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul 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
448 km
389 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
72,006 → 138,270
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
- 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 448 km against 389 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 Novo Hamburgo, Caxias do Sul, Farroupilha, Bento Gonçalves. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
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 Antiga Estação Férrea de Santa Cruz do Sul
Most of the points near Antiga Estação Férrea de Santa Cruz do Sul open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz 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 it take to get from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
The fastest journey from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul takes 6h 38m door to door, of which 6h 24m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 7h 6m, 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
The cheapest fare from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul is €21.62, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.83. 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
The cheapest way from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul is by coach, at €21.62 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
Fares from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €18.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 159 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul, at €26.58. 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul, at €19.98 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
1 operators sell services from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul across 1 mode: Auto Viacao Venancio Aires. 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
20 percent of the services we sell from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul are direct. The rest connect at Novo Hamburgo, Caxias do Sul, Farroupilha, Bento Gonçalves, with about 68 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul use?
Services from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviário de Rio do Sul and arrive at Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do Sul. 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul 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 Rio do Sul to Santa Cruz do Sul on 20 September 2026: 448 km of route against 389 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.62, and 6h 38m 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 Santa Cruz do Sul is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Santa Cruz do Sul and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Santa Cruz do Sul in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rio do Sul reaches 45 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 192 to 2,905 km. Santa Cruz do Sul reaches 107 places in 1 countries, from 93 to 3,122 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rio do Sul
- 45Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Santa Cruz do Sul
Leaving Santa Cruz do Sul
- 107Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators