Cheapest€24.38
- VTR Transporte Rodoviário de Passageiros VT896706:207h 35m13:55Estação RodoviáriaEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
Door to door 8h 19mCO2 15.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte bus
Buses from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte start at €24.38 and take 8h 15m at their fastest.
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The Buses from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte starts at €24.38 and takes 8h 15m door to door, run by 3 operators over 576 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 8h 15mDoor to door
- 7h 31mMoving
- €30.98 to €61.78From
- 06:20 to 19:38First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 15.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€30.98 to €61.78 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.
VTR Transporte Rodoviário de Passageiros runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €61.78Sun20
- about €46.38Mon21
- about €45.83Tue22
- about €39.78Wed23
- about €49.68Thu24
- about €46.38Fri25
- about €46.93Sat26
- about €35.93Sun27
- about €30.98Mon28
- about €30.98Tue29
- about €32.63Wed30
- about €38.68Thu1
- about €37.03Fri2
- about €35.38Sat3
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €25.48 | 8h 15m |
| Viacao Motta | €24.93 | 8h 16m |
| VTR Transporte Rodoviário de Passageiros | €24.38 | 8h 15m |
The bus gets you into Belo Horizonte. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Belo Horizonte for the night the bus gets in
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When to book São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €21.0860 days
- €20.5345 days
- €22.7330 days
- €29.8821 days
- €35.3814 days
- €46.937 days
- €45.833 days
- €61.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €61.78, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €35.93Sun
- €30.98Mon
- €30.98Tue
- €32.63Wed
- €38.68Thu
- €37.03Fri
- €35.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São José do Rio Preto
Bus
- Estação Rodoviária
- Brentur Fretamento de ônibus
Belo Horizonte
Bus
- Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
- Atalaia
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 576 km against 576 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at São Carlos, Uberaba, Araxá, Ribeirão Preto. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 São José do Rio Preto at 06:20 and the last at 19:38, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 21m | 1h 11m | 3h 10m | €50.88 | 145.9 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 8h 15m | 7h 31m | 44m | €24.38 | 15.6 kg | 18 |
Questions about São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte
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 José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte take?
The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte takes 8h 15m door to door, of which 7h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 576 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 José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte cost?
The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte starts at €24.38 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €32.08. 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 José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte?
3 operators run the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Viacao Motta, VTR Transporte Rodoviário de Passageiros. Between them they file around 18 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 São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte use?
The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte leaves from Estação Rodoviária and arrives at Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte?
Traveling from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte by Flight costs €50.88 and takes 4h 21m door to door, against 8h 15m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte?
Fares for the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte produce?
The Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte produces about 15.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 576 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 José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte?
Operators on the Coach from São José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 15m 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 José do Rio Preto to Belo Horizonte on September 19, 2026: 576 km of route against 576 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €24.38, and 8h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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