Montevideo to Porto Alegre bus

Buses from Montevideo to Porto Alegre start at €37.03 and take 10h 6m 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre starts at €37.03 and takes 10h 6m door to door, run by 2 operators over 714 km, with around 17 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 10h 6mDoor to door
  • 9h 22mMoving
  • €37.03From
  • 19.3 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€31.53
  1. TTL TT684108:3310h 31m19:04Terminal ColónBus Station

Door to door 11h 15mCO2 19.3 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
Ega€32.6310h 1m
TTL€31.5310h 3m
  • Ega
  • TTL

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

Sort by distance from Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Montevideo to Porto Alegre

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

  1. €38.1390 days
  2. €26.0360 days
  3. €26.0345 days
  4. €26.5830 days
  5. €36.4821 days
  6. €46.9314 days
  7. €57.387 days
  8. €55.733 days
  9. €76.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €76.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €44.18Sun
  2. €41.43Mon
  3. €37.03Tue
  4. €39.23Wed
  5. €48.58Thu
  6. €47.48Fri
  7. €46.93Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Montevideo

Bus
  • Terminal Colón
  • Terminal Portones

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
96% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 4% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 714 km against 714 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Buenos Aires. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Montevideo at 06:01 and the last at 20:20, across 17 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 30m1h 20m3h 10m€77.43180.8 kg6
Coach10h 6m9h 22m44m€37.0319.3 kg17

Questions about Montevideo 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre take?

The Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre takes 10h 6m door to door, of which 9h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 714 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre cost?

The Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre starts at €37.03 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €39.23. 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre?

2 operators run the Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre: Ega, TTL. 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre use?

The Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre leaves from Terminal Colón 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Montevideo to Porto Alegre?

Traveling from Montevideo to Porto Alegre by Flight costs €77.43 and takes 4h 30m door to door, against 10h 6m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre?

Fares for the Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 192 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre produces about 19.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 714 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre?

Operators on the Coach from Montevideo to Porto Alegre publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 6m 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 Montevideo to Porto Alegre on September 12, 2026: 714 km of route against 714 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.03, and 10h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Porto Alegre and elsewhere in Brazil. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Porto Alegre

Day trips that leave Porto Alegre in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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