Resende to São José dos Campos bus

Buses from Resende to São José dos Campos start at €12.83 and take 3h 20m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Resende to São José dos Campos starts at €12.83 and takes 3h 20m door to door, run by 7 operators over 193 km, with around 84 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 20mDoor to door
  • 2h 36mMoving
  • €12.83 to €22.18From
  • 06:01 to 21:35First and last departure
  • 84Per day
  • 5.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€12.83 to €22.18 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €20.53Wed16
  2. about €22.18Thu17
  3. about €21.08Fri18
  4. about €18.33Sat19
  5. about €16.68Sun20
  6. about €15.03Mon21
  7. about €14.48Tue22
  8. about €13.38Wed23
  9. about €15.58Thu24
  10. about €14.48Fri25
  11. about €15.03Sat26
  12. about €14.48Sun27
  13. about €12.83Mon28
  14. about €12.83Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€10.63
  1. Auto Viação Catarinense AV171209:072h 36m11:43Terminal Rodoviário de ResendeEco

Door to door 3h 20mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Auto Viação Catarinense€10.63
Expresso Adamantina€11.18
JS Turismo€10.63
Primar Navegacoes e Turismo€10.63
Santa Maria€10.63
Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo€10.63
Viação Sampaio€10.63

The bus gets you into São José dos Campos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in São José dos Campos for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from São José dos Campos railway 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 Resende to São José dos Campos

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

  1. €10.6390 days
  2. €10.6360 days
  3. €11.1845 days
  4. €11.7330 days
  5. €10.6321 days
  6. €12.8314 days
  7. €14.487 days
  8. €21.083 days
  9. €20.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 98 percent. The most expensive point is €21.08, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €14.48Sun
  2. €12.83Mon
  3. €12.83Tue
  4. €13.38Wed
  5. €15.58Thu
  6. €14.48Fri
  7. €15.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Resende

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Resende
  • Terminal ônibus Urbano

São José dos Campos

Bus
  • Eco
  • Terminal Central
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 193 km against 167 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Resende at 06:01 and the last at 21:35, across 84 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Resende to São José dos Campos

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 Resende to São José dos Campos take?

The Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos takes 3h 20m door to door, of which 2h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 193 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 Resende to São José dos Campos cost?

The Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos starts at €12.83 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €12.56. 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 Resende to São José dos Campos?

7 operators run the Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos: Auto Viação Catarinense, Expresso Adamantina, JS Turismo, Primar Navegacoes e Turismo, Santa Maria. Between them they file around 84 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 Resende to São José dos Campos use?

The Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Resende and arrives at Eco. 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 Resende to São José dos Campos?

Fares for the Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 98 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos produce?

The Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 193 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 Resende to São José dos Campos?

Operators on the Coach from Resende to São José dos Campos publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 7 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 20m 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 Resende to São José dos Campos on September 15, 2026: 193 km of route against 167 km in a straight line, 84 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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