Guarulhos to São José bus

Buses from Guarulhos to São José start at €30.98 and take 8h 42m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Guarulhos to São José starts at €30.98 and takes 8h 42m door to door, run by 2 operators over 583 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 42mDoor to door
  • 7h 58mMoving
  • €30.98From
  • 15.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€27.13
  1. Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas ST701206:058h 26m14:31Terminal São MiguelRodoviária Antônio Carlos

Door to door 9h 10mCO2 15.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€34.83
  1. Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas ST352914:477h 58m22:45Terminal São MiguelRodoviária Antônio Carlos

Door to door 8h 42mCO2 15.7 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
Catarinense Agencia de Viagens€27.688h 20m
Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas€27.138h 21m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into São José is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in São José

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Booking window

When to book Guarulhos to São José

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

  1. €32.0890 days
  2. €29.8860 days
  3. €23.2845 days
  4. €22.1830 days
  5. €29.8821 days
  6. €30.9814 days
  7. €36.487 days
  8. €45.833 days
  9. €51.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €51.33, 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. €30.98Sun
  2. €32.08Mon
  3. €32.08Tue
  4. €33.18Wed
  5. €40.33Thu
  6. €40.33Fri
  7. €40.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Guarulhos

Bus
  • Terminal São Miguel
  • Terminal de Ônibus GRU

São José

Bus
  • Rodoviária Antônio Carlos
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.

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 583 km against 507 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 São José dos Pinhais, Curitiba, Campina Grande do Sul, Torres. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Guarulhos at 06:05 and the last at 14:47, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Guarulhos to São José

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Guarulhos to São José take?

The Coach from Guarulhos to São José takes 8h 42m door to door, of which 7h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 583 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 Guarulhos to São José cost?

The Coach from Guarulhos to São José starts at €30.98 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €34.83. 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 Guarulhos to São José?

2 operators run the Coach from Guarulhos to São José: Catarinense Agencia de Viagens, Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas. Between them they file around 8 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 Guarulhos to São José use?

The Coach from Guarulhos to São José leaves from Terminal São Miguel and arrives at Rodoviária Antônio Carlos. 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.

When should I book the Coach from Guarulhos to São José?

Fares for the Coach from Guarulhos to São José bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 131 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Guarulhos to São José produce?

The Coach from Guarulhos to São José produces about 15.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 583 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Guarulhos to São José?

Operators on the Coach from Guarulhos to São José publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 42m 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 modeled 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 Guarulhos to São José on September 13, 2026: 583 km of route against 507 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.98, and 8h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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