São Carlos to Poços de Caldas bus

Buses from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas start at €10.08 and take 3h 4m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas starts at €10.08 and takes 3h 4m door to door, run by 1 operator over 160 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 4mDoor to door
  • 2h 20mMoving
  • €11.73 to €22.73From
  • 06:23 to 06:23First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 4.3 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.

€11.73 to €22.73 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.

Viacao Cometa S A runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for São Carlos to Poços de Caldas on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €22.73Fri18
  2. about €18.88Sat19
  3. about €19.43Sun20
  4. about €14.48Mon21
  5. about €17.23Tue22
  6. about €13.93Wed23
  7. about €19.43Thu24
  8. about €13.38Fri25
  9. about €17.78Sat26
  10. about €12.83Sun27
  11. about €11.73Mon28
  12. about €12.28Tue29
  13. about €14.48Wed30
  14. about €12.83Thu1

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€10.08
  1. Viacao Cometa S A VC942906:232h 20m08:43SOU São CarlosRodoviária de Poços de Caldas

Door to door 3h 4mCO2 4.3 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Viacao Cometa S A€10.082h 55m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Poços de Caldas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Poços de Caldas for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book São Carlos to Poços de Caldas

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. €10.0860 days
  3. €10.0845 days
  4. €12.2830 days
  5. €12.2821 days
  6. €12.8314 days
  7. €19.437 days
  8. €19.433 days
  9. €22.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 125 percent. The most expensive point is €22.73, 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.
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. €12.83Sun
  2. €11.73Mon
  3. €12.28Tue
  4. €13.93Wed
  5. €12.83Thu
  6. €13.38Fri
  7. €17.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Carlos

Bus
  • SOU São Carlos
  • Estação Norte

Poços de Caldas

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Poços de Caldas
  • Mini Terminal
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 160 km against 140 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves São Carlos at 06:23 and the last at 06:23, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about São Carlos to Poços de Caldas

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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas take?

The Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas takes 3h 4m door to door, of which 2h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 160 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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas cost?

The Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas starts at €10.08 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €10.08. 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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas?

1 operators run the Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas: Viacao Cometa S A. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas use?

The Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas leaves from SOU São Carlos and arrives at Rodoviária de Poços de Caldas. 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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas?

Fares for the Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 125 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas produce?

The Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 160 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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas?

Operators on the Coach from São Carlos to Poços de Caldas publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 4m 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 São Carlos to Poços de Caldas on September 17, 2026: 160 km of route against 140 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.08, and 3h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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