Sorocaba to Governador Valadares bus

Buses from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares start at €35.93 and take 12h 15m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares starts at €35.93 and takes 12h 15m door to door, run by 2 operators over 886 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 15mDoor to door
  • 11h 31mMoving
  • €47.48 to €93.68From
  • 06:19 to 17:32First and last departure
  • 10Per day
  • 23.9 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.

€47.48 to €93.68 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.

Empresa Princesa do Norte runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Sorocaba to Governador Valadares 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 €90.93Fri18
  2. about €93.68Sat19
  3. about €65.63Sun20
  4. about €56.83Mon21
  5. about €56.28Tue22
  6. about €69.48Wed23
  7. about €62.88Thu24
  8. about €55.18Fri25
  9. about €60.68Sat26
  10. about €60.13Sun27
  11. about €52.43Mon28
  12. about €51.88Tue29
  13. about €51.88Wed30
  14. about €47.48Thu1

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 6, 2026

Cheapest€35.93
  1. Empresa Princesa do Norte EP684511:2611h 37m23:03Nova SorocabaTerminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares

Door to door 12h 21mCO2 23.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€55.73
  1. Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo UU687507:308h 10m15:40Nova SorocabaEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
  2. Azul A265516:4244m17:26Belo Horizonte CNFGovernador Valadares GVR

Changes at Belo Horizonte, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 11h 53mCO2 77.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

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.
OperatorFromFastest
Empresa Princesa do Norte€35.9312h 21m
Expresso Joia Transporte de Passageiros€38.1312h 14m

The bus gets you into Governador Valadares. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Governador Valadares for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Governador Valadares station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sorocaba to Governador Valadares

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

  1. €38.6890 days
  2. €31.5360 days
  3. €34.2845 days
  4. €40.8830 days
  5. €46.9321 days
  6. €47.4814 days
  7. €62.887 days
  8. €65.633 days
  9. €90.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 188 percent. The most expensive point is €90.93, 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. €60.13Sun
  2. €52.43Mon
  3. €51.88Tue
  4. €51.88Wed
  5. €47.48Thu
  6. €55.18Fri
  7. €60.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sorocaba

Bus
  • Nova Sorocaba
  • Terminal Rodoviário Sorocaba

Governador Valadares

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares
  • Lanchonete Niterói
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 886 km against 770 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 Barra Mansa, Belo Horizonte, Nova Iguaçu, Resende. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Sorocaba at 06:19 and the last at 17:32, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sorocaba to Governador Valadares

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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares take?

The Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares takes 12h 15m door to door, of which 11h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 886 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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares cost?

The Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares starts at €35.93 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €46.66. 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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares?

2 operators run the Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares: Empresa Princesa do Norte, Expresso Joia Transporte de Passageiros. 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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares use?

The Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares leaves from Nova Sorocaba and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares. 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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares?

Fares for the Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 188 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares produce?

The Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares produces about 23.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 886 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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares?

Operators on the Coach from Sorocaba to Governador Valadares publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 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 Sorocaba to Governador Valadares on September 17, 2026: 886 km of route against 770 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €35.93, and 12h 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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