Cheapest€19.43
- Catarinense Agencia de Viagens CA106106:556h 27m13:22Bus StationRodoviária Antônio Carlos
Door to door 7h 11mCO2 11.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Porto Alegre to São José bus
Buses from Porto Alegre to São José start at €19.43 and take 6h 43m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Porto Alegre to São José starts at €19.43 and takes 6h 43m door to door, run by 2 operators over 425 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 43mDoor to door
- 5h 59mMoving
- €25.48 to €56.28From
- 06:27 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 11.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€25.48 to €56.28 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Catarinense Agencia de Viagens runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €48.03Fri18
- about €56.28Sat19
- about €41.98Sun20
- about €29.33Mon21
- about €33.73Tue22
- about €30.43Wed23
- about €47.48Thu24
- about €33.18Fri25
- about €32.63Sat26
- about €27.68Sun27
- about €29.88Mon28
- about €25.48Tue29
- about €27.13Wed30
- about €32.63Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Fastest€25.48
- Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas ST886906:275h 59m12:26Bus StationRodoviária Antônio Carlos
Door to door 6h 43mCO2 11.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Catarinense Agencia de Viagens | €19.43 | 6h 22m |
| Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas | €22.18 | 6h 26m |
The bus gets you into São José. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São José for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Porto Alegre to São José
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €16.6860 days
- €18.8845 days
- €23.8330 days
- €31.5321 days
- €32.6314 days
- €47.487 days
- €41.983 days
- €48.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 188 percent. The most expensive point is €48.03, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €27.68Sun
- €29.33Mon
- €25.48Tue
- €27.13Wed
- €32.63Thu
- €33.18Fri
- €32.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Porto Alegre
Bus
- Bus Station
- Terminal Cairú
São José
Bus
- Rodoviária Antônio Carlos
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 425 km against 370 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, Santa Maria, Passo Fundo, Curitiba. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 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 Porto Alegre at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Porto Alegre 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 Porto Alegre to São José take?
The Coach from Porto Alegre to São José takes 6h 43m door to door, of which 5h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 425 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 São José cost?
The Coach from Porto Alegre to São José starts at €19.43 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €25.48. 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 São José?
2 operators run the Coach from Porto Alegre to São José: Catarinense Agencia de Viagens, Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas. 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 Porto Alegre to São José use?
The Coach from Porto Alegre to São José leaves from Bus Station 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 Porto Alegre to São José?
Fares for the Coach from Porto Alegre to São José bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 188 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Porto Alegre to São José produce?
The Coach from Porto Alegre to São José produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 425 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 São José?
Operators on the Coach from Porto Alegre 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 6h 43m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Porto Alegre to São José on September 17, 2026: 425 km of route against 370 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.43, and 6h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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