Prado to São Paulo bus

Buses from Prado to São Paulo start at €65.63 and take 18h 19m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Prado to São Paulo starts at €65.63 and takes 18h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,191 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 18h 19mDoor to door
  • 17h 35mMoving
  • €65.63From
  • 32.2 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€57.38
  1. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA586307:302h 14m09:44Prado bus stationPedro Canário bus station
  2. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG238110:4314h 2m00:45Pedro Canário bus stationSao Paulo Jabaquara bus station

Changes at Pedro Canário, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 17h 59mCO2 32.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€88.18
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG212107:306h 30m14:00Prado bus stationRodoviária de Ipatinga
  2. Azul A591115:181h 16m16:34Ipatinga IPNSão Paulo CGH

Changes at Ipatinga, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 11h 1mCO2 170.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€71.68
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG617506:1017h 35m23:45Prado bus stationSao Paulo Jabaquara bus station

Door to door 18h 19mCO2 32.2 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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€64.5316h 18m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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Booking window

When to book Prado to São Paulo

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

  1. €62.8890 days
  2. €50.2260 days
  3. €46.9345 days
  4. €41.4330 days
  5. €66.1821 days
  6. €68.3814 days
  7. €78.287 days
  8. €89.283 days
  9. €127.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 208 percent. The most expensive point is €127.78, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €88.73Sun
  2. €65.63Mon
  3. €73.33Tue
  4. €71.68Wed
  5. €82.68Thu
  6. €82.68Fri
  7. €68.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

São Paulo

Bus
  • Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
  • 8017-10
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,191 km against 1,035 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 Belo Horizonte, Pedro Canário, Nanuque, Ipatinga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Prado at 06:10 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Prado to São Paulo

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 Prado to São Paulo take?

The Coach from Prado to São Paulo takes 18h 19m door to door, of which 17h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 1,191 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 Prado to São Paulo cost?

The Coach from Prado to São Paulo starts at €65.63 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €71.68. 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 Prado to São Paulo?

1 operators run the Coach from Prado to São Paulo: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 5 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 Prado to São Paulo use?

The Coach from Prado to São Paulo leaves from Prado bus station and arrives at Sao Paulo Jabaquara 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 Prado to São Paulo?

Fares for the Coach from Prado to São Paulo bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 208 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Prado to São Paulo produce?

The Coach from Prado to São Paulo produces about 32.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1191 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 Prado to São Paulo?

Operators on the Coach from Prado to São Paulo publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 19m 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 Prado to São Paulo on September 12, 2026: 1191 km of route against 1035 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €65.63, and 18h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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