Cheapest€42.53
- Catarinense Agencia de Viagens CA845306:4813h 32m20:20Rodoviária Antônio CarlosRodoviária de Franca
Door to door 14h 16mCO2 24.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São José to Franca bus
Buses from São José to Franca start at €45.27 and take 14h 16m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price São José to Franca on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from São José to Franca starts at €45.27 and takes 14h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 916 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 14h 16mDoor to door
- 13h 32mMoving
- €45.27 to €99.73From
- 06:48 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 24.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€45.27 to €99.73 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €76.63Tue15
- about €83.23Wed16
- about €99.73Thu17
- about €70.03Fri18
- about €94.23Sat19
- about €73.88Sun20
- about €48.58Mon21
- about €53.53Tue22
- about €49.68Wed23
- about €79.38Thu24
- about €67.28Fri25
- about €70.58Sat26
- about €55.18Sun27
- about €45.27Mon28
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 September 29, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catarinense Agencia de Viagens | €42.53 | 12h 45m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Franca. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Franca for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Rodoviária de Franca and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book São José to Franca
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.9390 days
- €43.0860 days
- €44.1845 days
- €37.5830 days
- €44.7321 days
- €45.2714 days
- €48.587 days
- €99.733 days
- €76.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €37.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €99.73, 3 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.
- €55.18Sun
- €45.27Mon
- €53.53Tue
- €49.68Wed
- €79.38Thu
- €67.28Fri
- €70.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São José
Bus
- Rodoviária Antônio Carlos
Franca
Bus
- Rodoviária de Franca
- Parada Chico Julio
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 916 km against 797 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 Campina Grande do Sul, Monte Santo de Minas, São Sebastião do Paraíso, São José dos Pinhais. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 at 06:48 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about São José to Franca
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 to Franca take?
The Coach from São José to Franca takes 14h 16m door to door, of which 13h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 916 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 to Franca cost?
The Coach from São José to Franca starts at €45.27 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €54.63. 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 to Franca?
1 operators run the Coach from São José to Franca: Catarinense Agencia de Viagens. Between them they file around 5 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 to Franca use?
The Coach from São José to Franca leaves from Rodoviária Antônio Carlos and arrives at Rodoviária de Franca. 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 José to Franca?
Fares for the Coach from São José to Franca bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €37.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São José to Franca produce?
The Coach from São José to Franca produces about 24.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 916 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 to Franca?
Operators on the Coach from São José to Franca publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 16m 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 to Franca on September 14, 2026: 916 km of route against 797 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.27, and 14h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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