Cheapest€19.43
- Viacao Catarina Transportes de Passageiros VC372812:025h 43m17:45RodoviáriaRodoviária Catalão
Door to door 6h 27mCO2 10.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ribeirão Preto to Catalão bus
Buses from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão start at €21.63 and take 5h 56m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão starts at €21.63 and takes 5h 56m door to door, run by 3 operators over 385 km, with around 13 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 56mDoor to door
- 5h 12mMoving
- €21.63 to €37.58From
- 06:07 to 17:16First and last departure
- 13Per day
- 10.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€21.63 to €37.58 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 costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative fares
- about €37.58Mon14
- about €35.38Tue15
- about €33.73Wed16
- about €35.93Thu17
- about €33.18Fri18
- about €33.73Sat19
- about €30.43Sun20
- about €22.18Mon21
- about €21.63Tue22
- about €26.58Wed23
- about €29.33Thu24
- about €26.03Fri25
- about €27.68Sat26
- about €26.03Sun27
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Fastest€22.18
- Empresa Princesa do Norte EP842606:075h 12m11:19RodoviáriaRodoviária Catalão
Door to door 5h 56mCO2 10.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Empresa Princesa do Norte | €19.98 | 5h 47m |
| Rapido Federal Viacao | €19.43 | 5h 47m |
| Viacao Catarina Transportes de Passageiros | €19.43 | 5h 48m |
The bus gets you into Catalão. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Catalão for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Rodoviária Catalão and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ribeirão Preto to Catalão
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.7390 days
- €18.8860 days
- €17.2245 days
- €15.5830 days
- €19.9821 days
- €26.0314 days
- €30.437 days
- €33.733 days
- €37.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €37.58, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €26.03Sun
- €22.18Mon
- €21.63Tue
- €26.58Wed
- €29.33Thu
- €26.03Fri
- €27.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Ribeirão Preto
Bus
- Rodoviária
- Mini Rodoviária
Catalão
Bus
- Rodoviária Catalão
- ESTAÇÃO RODOVIÁRIA
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 385 km against 335 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 Uberaba, Araguari, Monte Carmelo, Uberlândia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Ribeirão Preto at 06:07 and the last at 17:16, across 13 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ribeirão Preto to Catalão
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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão take?
The Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão takes 5h 56m door to door, of which 5h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 385 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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão cost?
The Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão starts at €21.63 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €24.38. 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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão?
3 operators run the Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão: Empresa Princesa do Norte, Rapido Federal Viacao, Viacao Catarina Transportes de Passageiros. Between them they file around 13 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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão use?
The Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão leaves from Rodoviária and arrives at Rodoviária Catalão. 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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão?
Fares for the Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão produce?
The Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão produces about 10.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 385 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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão?
Operators on the Coach from Ribeirão Preto to Catalão publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 56m 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 Ribeirão Preto to Catalão on September 13, 2026: 385 km of route against 335 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €21.63, and 5h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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