São José to Vacaria runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €15.58, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 30m over 284 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €15.58, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€15.58
- 99%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São José
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:10First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Unesul de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for São José to Vacaria 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 €29.88Wed16
- about €39.78Thu17
- about €24.38Fri18
- about €29.33Sat19
- about €31.53Sun20
- about €26.58Mon21
- about €21.08Tue22
- about €22.73Wed23
- about €26.03Thu24
- about €23.28Fri25
- about €21.63Sat26
- about €26.58Sun27
- about €21.63Mon28
- about €15.58Tue29
- about €21.08Wed30
- about €22.18Thu1
- about €19.43Fri2
- about €17.23Sat3
- about €18.33Sun4
- about €17.78Mon5
- about €16.68Tue6
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.
The coach gets you into Vacaria. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Vacaria for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Estação Rodoviária de Vacaria and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book São José to Vacaria
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €17.2360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €16.1330 days
- €16.6821 days
- €15.5814 days
- €21.087 days
- €24.383 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 99 percent. The dearest point is €29.88, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São José to Vacaria 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
284 km
247 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
295,658 → 64,197
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 284 km against 247 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. The gap between arriving and leaving is 95 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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
Vacaria is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Estação Rodoviária de Vacaria
Most of the points near Estação Rodoviária de Vacaria open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about São José to Vacaria
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 to Vacaria?
The fastest journey from São José to Vacaria takes 4h 30m door to door, of which 4h 17m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 45m, 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 to Vacaria?
The cheapest fare from São José to Vacaria is €15.58, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.18. 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 to Vacaria?
The cheapest way from São José to Vacaria is by coach, at €15.58 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 1m 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 to Vacaria?
Fares from São José to Vacaria bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €15.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 99 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São José to Vacaria?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from São José to Vacaria, at €16.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 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 to Vacaria?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São José to Vacaria, at €13.93 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 to Vacaria?
1 operators sell services from São José to Vacaria across 1 mode: Unesul 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 São José to Vacaria?
50 percent of the services we sell from São José to Vacaria are direct. The rest connect at Curitiba, with about 95 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 to Vacaria use?
Services from São José to Vacaria by coach leave from Rodoviária Antônio Carlos and arrive at Estação Rodoviária de Vacaria. 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 to Vacaria?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São José to Vacaria 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for São José to Vacaria on 15 September 2026: 284 km of route against 247 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 4h 30m 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 Vacaria is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Vacaria and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Vacaria in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São José reaches 110 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 219 to 2,942 km. Vacaria reaches 24 places in 1 countries, from 98 to 701 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São José
- 110Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Vacaria
Leaving Vacaria
- 24Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 9Operators