Porto Alegre to Criciúma bus

Buses from Porto Alegre to Criciúma start at €16.13 and take 4h 18m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Porto Alegre to Criciúma starts at €16.13 and takes 4h 18m door to door, run by 4 operators over 270 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 4h 18mDoor to door
  • 3h 34mMoving
  • €16.13From
  • 7.3 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€13.93
  1. Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas ST927616:483h 36m20:24Bus StationRodoviária de Criciúma

Door to door 4h 20mCO2 7.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€18.33
  1. Expresso Adamantina EA519114:553h 34m18:29Bus StationRodoviária de Criciúma

Door to door 4h 18mCO2 7.3 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
Brasil Sul Linhas Rodoviarias€15.034h 18m
Expresso Adamantina€15.034h 18m
Nordeste Transportes€14.484h 18m
Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas€13.934h 19m

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

A hotel room

A room in Criciúma for the night the bus gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Porto Alegre to Criciúma

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

  1. €17.2390 days
  2. €13.9360 days
  3. €12.2845 days
  4. €12.8330 days
  5. €15.0321 days
  6. €16.1314 days
  7. €18.337 days
  8. €20.533 days
  9. €23.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 90 percent. The most expensive point is €23.28, 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. €16.13Sun
  2. €16.13Mon
  3. €16.68Tue
  4. €16.68Wed
  5. €21.08Thu
  6. €19.43Fri
  7. €19.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Porto Alegre

Bus
  • Bus Station
  • Terminal Cairú

Criciúma

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Criciúma
  • Terminal Central
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 270 km against 235 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Porto Alegre at 06:05 and the last at 20:10, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Porto Alegre to Criciúma

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 Porto Alegre to Criciúma take?

The Coach from Porto Alegre to Criciúma takes 4h 18m door to door, of which 3h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 270 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 Porto Alegre to Criciúma cost?

The Coach from Porto Alegre to Criciúma starts at €16.13 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €16.41. 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 Porto Alegre to Criciúma?

4 operators run the Coach from Porto Alegre to Criciúma: Brasil Sul Linhas Rodoviarias, Expresso Adamantina, Nordeste Transportes, Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas. Between them they file around 24 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 Porto Alegre to Criciúma use?

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

Fares for the Coach from Porto Alegre to Criciúma bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 90 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Porto Alegre to Criciúma produces about 7.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 270 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 Porto Alegre to Criciúma?

Operators on the Coach from Porto Alegre to Criciúma publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 18m 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 Porto Alegre to Criciúma on September 13, 2026: 270 km of route against 235 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 4h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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