Imbituba to Porto Alegre bus

Buses from Imbituba to Porto Alegre start at €21.08 and take 5h 36m at their fastest.

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Panoramic view of Porto Alegre's skyline along the waterfront under a clear blue sky.

The Buses from Imbituba to Porto Alegre starts at €21.08 and takes 5h 36m door to door, run by 4 operators over 366 km, with around 17 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 36mDoor to door
  • 4h 52mMoving
  • €21.08From
  • 9.9 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€18.33
  1. Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha EO862014:495h 19m20:08Rodoviária de ImbitubaBus Station

Door to door 6h 3mCO2 9.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€24.93
  1. Brasil Sul Linhas Rodoviarias BS517810:474h 52m15:39Rodoviária de ImbitubaBus Station

Door to door 5h 36mCO2 9.9 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.
OperatorFrom
Brasil Sul Linhas Rodoviarias€19.43
Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha€18.33
Expresso Adamantina€19.98
Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas€19.43

Porto Alegre sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Porto Alegre

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Booking window

When to book Imbituba to Porto Alegre

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

  1. €21.0890 days
  2. €15.0360 days
  3. €14.4845 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €20.5321 days
  6. €22.7314 days
  7. €26.587 days
  8. €24.933 days
  9. €35.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €35.38, 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.
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. €23.83Sun
  2. €21.08Mon
  3. €21.08Tue
  4. €21.63Wed
  5. €26.58Thu
  6. €24.93Fri
  7. €22.73Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Imbituba

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Imbituba
  • Terminal Urbano de Imbituba

Porto Alegre

Bus
  • Bus Station
  • Terminal Cairú
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
94% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 6% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 366 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 Pelotas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Imbituba at 06:05 and the last at 18:55, across 17 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Imbituba to Porto Alegre

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 Imbituba to Porto Alegre take?

The Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre takes 5h 36m door to door, of which 4h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 366 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 Imbituba to Porto Alegre cost?

The Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre starts at €21.08 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €23.28. 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 Imbituba to Porto Alegre?

4 operators run the Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre: Brasil Sul Linhas Rodoviarias, Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha, Expresso Adamantina, Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas. Between them they file around 17 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 Imbituba to Porto Alegre use?

The Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre leaves from Rodoviária de Imbituba and arrives at Bus Station. 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 Imbituba to Porto Alegre?

Fares for the Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre produce?

The Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre produces about 9.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 366 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 Imbituba to Porto Alegre?

Operators on the Coach from Imbituba to Porto Alegre publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 36m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Imbituba to Porto Alegre on September 12, 2026: 366 km of route against 319 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 5h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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