Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba start at €28.78 and take 7h 31m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba starts at €28.78 and takes 7h 31m door to door, run by 2 operators over 508 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 7h 31mDoor to door
  • 6h 47mMoving
  • €28.78From
  • 13.7 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€23.83
  1. Auto Viação Catarinense AV298511:317h 33m19:04CajuNova Sorocaba

Door to door 8h 17mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€31.53
  1. Auto Viação Catarinense AV153517:046h 47m23:51CajuNova Sorocaba

Door to door 7h 31mCO2 13.7 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
Auto Viação Catarinense€23.837h 22m
Viação Garcia€25.487h 23m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Sorocaba is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Estação Ferroviária de Sorocaba

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba

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

  1. €28.2390 days
  2. €19.4360 days
  3. €18.8845 days
  4. €20.5330 days
  5. €28.7821 days
  6. €29.8814 days
  7. €35.937 days
  8. €35.383 days
  9. €47.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €47.48, 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. €32.63Sun
  2. €30.98Mon
  3. €28.78Tue
  4. €32.08Wed
  5. €35.93Thu
  6. €34.83Fri
  7. €29.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Rio de Janeiro

Bus
  • Caju
  • INTO

Sorocaba

Bus
  • Nova Sorocaba
  • Terminal Rodoviário Sorocaba
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
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 508 km against 442 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 Mangaratiba, Barra Mansa, Angra dos Reis, Itapetininga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Rio de Janeiro at 06:04 and the last at 17:11, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba

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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba takes 7h 31m door to door, of which 6h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 508 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba starts at €28.78 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €27.41. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba?

2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba: Auto Viação Catarinense, Viação Garcia. Between them they file around 10 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba leaves from Caju and arrives at Nova Sorocaba. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba produce?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 508 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 31m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Sorocaba on September 12, 2026: 508 km of route against 442 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.78, and 7h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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