São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €31.53, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 10h 52m over 779 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.53, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€31.53
- 118%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São José dos Pinhais
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:41First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between São José dos Pinhais and Rio de Janeiro.
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Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €70.03Mon21
- about €63.98Tue22
- about €64.53Wed23
- about €71.13Thu24
- about €60.13Fri25
- about €65.63Sat26
- about €62.33Sun27
- about €43.08Mon28
- about €45.28Tue29
- about €49.68Wed30
- about €54.63Thu1
- about €50.78Fri2
- about €47.48Sat3
- about €47.48Sun4
- about €34.83Mon5
- about €31.53Tue6
- about €38.68Wed7
- about €48.58Thu8
- about €47.48Fri9
- about €39.23Sat10
- about €37.58Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Rio de Janeiro. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the coach gets in
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When to book São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1390 days
- €33.7360 days
- €34.2845 days
- €32.0830 days
- €37.5821 days
- €47.4814 days
- €62.337 days
- €64.533 days
- €70.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 118 percent. The dearest point is €70.03, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro 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
779 km
677 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
349,880 → 6,747,815
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 779 km against 677 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 Embu das Artes, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Registro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 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.
Rio de Janeiro is large, and the road in from GIG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Rio de Janeiro
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rio de Janeiro 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 Estação Penha
Most of the points near Estação Penha open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro
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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest journey from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro takes 10h 52m door to door, of which 10h 51m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 11h 22m, 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest fare from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro is €31.53, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €57.38. 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest way from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro is by coach, at €31.53 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 35m 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €32.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 118 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro, at €43.08. 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro, at €30.98 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
1 operators sell services from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro across 1 mode: Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha. 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
20 percent of the services we sell from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro are direct. The rest connect at Embu das Artes, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Registro, with about 58 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro use?
Services from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro by coach leave from São José dos Pinhais bus station and arrive at Caju. 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro 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 São José dos Pinhais to Rio de Janeiro on 20 September 2026: 779 km of route against 677 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.53, and 10h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Rio de Janeiro a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Rio de Janeiro in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São José dos Pinhais reaches 104 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 66 to 2,698 km. Rio de Janeiro reaches 408 places in 20 countries, from 16 to 11,870 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São José dos Pinhais
- 104Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 408Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 73Operators