Patrocínio to Franca bus

Buses from Patrocínio to Franca start at €15.58 and take 3h 38m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Patrocínio to Franca starts at €15.58 and takes 3h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 210 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 38mDoor to door
  • 2h 54mMoving
  • €15.58From
  • 5.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€12.28
  1. Viacao Continental de Transportes VC918914:003h 15m17:15Terminal Rodoviário de PatrocínioRodoviária de Franca

Door to door 3h 59mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€13.93
  1. Viacao Continental de Transportes VC570606:422h 54m09:36Terminal Rodoviário de PatrocínioRodoviária de Franca

Door to door 3h 38mCO2 5.7 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Viacao Continental de Transportes€12.283h 33m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Franca. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Franca

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Booking window

When to book Patrocínio to Franca

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

  1. €15.0390 days
  2. €12.8360 days
  3. €10.6345 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €13.9321 days
  6. €16.6814 days
  7. €16.687 days
  8. €17.783 days
  9. €20.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 93 percent. The most expensive point is €20.53, 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. €16.68Sun
  2. €15.58Mon
  3. €16.68Tue
  4. €17.23Wed
  5. €17.23Thu
  6. €19.43Fri
  7. €16.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Patrocínio

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Patrocínio

Franca

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Franca
  • Parada Chico Julio
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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 210 km against 182 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 Catalão. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 5 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 Patrocínio at 06:42 and the last at 14:00, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Patrocínio to Franca

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 Patrocínio to Franca take?

The Coach from Patrocínio to Franca takes 3h 38m door to door, of which 2h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 210 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 Patrocínio to Franca cost?

The Coach from Patrocínio to Franca starts at €15.58 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €13.93. 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 Patrocínio to Franca?

1 operators run the Coach from Patrocínio to Franca: Viacao Continental de Transportes. Between them they file around 3 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 Patrocínio to Franca use?

The Coach from Patrocínio to Franca leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Patrocínio and arrives at Rodoviária de Franca. 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 Patrocínio to Franca?

Fares for the Coach from Patrocínio to Franca bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 93 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Patrocínio to Franca produce?

The Coach from Patrocínio to Franca produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 210 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 Patrocínio to Franca?

Operators on the Coach from Patrocínio to Franca publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 38m 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 Patrocínio to Franca on September 13, 2026: 210 km of route against 182 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 3h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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