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Brasília to São José do Rio Preto

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto. From €27.68, fastest 9h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Brasília to São José do Rio Preto runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 19:24. One passenger pays between €27.68 and €28.78, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 26m over 668 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€27.68 to €28.78

  • 153%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Brasília

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:20First departure
  • 19:24Last departure
  • 24Services per day
  • 83%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Cantelle Viagens e Turismo 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

  1. about €61.78Mon21
  2. about €56.28Tue22
  3. about €55.73Wed23
  4. about €57.38Thu24
  5. about €52.98Fri25
  6. about €54.08Sat26
  7. about €51.88Sun27
  8. about €35.38Mon28
  9. about €35.38Tue29
  10. about €38.68Wed30
  11. about €44.18Thu1
  12. about €39.78Fri2
  13. about €40.88Sat3
  14. about €37.58Sun4
  15. about €28.23Mon5
  16. about €27.68Tue6
  17. about €29.88Wed7
  18. about €35.93Thu8
  19. about €35.38Fri9
  20. about €34.28Sat10
  21. about €32.63Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into São José do Rio Preto. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in São José do Rio Preto for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Rodoviária and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Brasília to São José do Rio Preto

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

  1. €35.9390 days
  2. €29.8860 days
  3. €24.3845 days
  4. €24.3830 days
  5. €32.6321 days
  6. €37.5814 days
  7. €51.887 days
  8. €55.733 days
  9. €61.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €24.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 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.
€61.78€24.38137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Brasília to São José do Rio Preto and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

668 km

581 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

2,207,718480,393

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 668 km against 581 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 Frutal, Prata, Itumbiara, Uberlândia. 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.

The fare from SJP into São José do Rio Preto is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in São José do Rio Preto

Settled in advance, so the ride into São José do Rio Preto costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Estação Rodoviária

Most of the points near Estação Rodoviária open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Brasília to São José do Rio Preto

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 it take to get from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

The fastest journey from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto takes 9h 26m door to door, of which 8h 43m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 10h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

The cheapest fare from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto is €27.68, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €48.03. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

The cheapest way from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto is by coach, at €27.68 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 9h 27m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

Fares from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €24.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 153 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto, at €35.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto, at €23.83 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

4 operators sell services from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto across 1 mode: Cantelle Viagens e Turismo, Guerino Seiscento Transportes, Viacao Motta, VTR Transporte Rodoviário de Passageiros. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

83 percent of the services we sell from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto are direct. The rest connect at Frutal, Prata, Itumbiara, Uberlândia, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto use?

Services from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto by coach leave from Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília and arrive at Estação Rodoviária. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto?

4 of the 4 operators we sell from Brasília to São José do Rio Preto allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brasília to São José do Rio Preto on September 20, 2026: 668 km of route against 581 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 9h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in São José do Rio Preto is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of São José do Rio Preto and across Brazil

Day trips that leave São José do Rio Preto in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Brasília reaches 493 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 8,726 km. São José do Rio Preto reaches 191 places in 1 countries, from 76 to 2,264 km.

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Leaving Brasília

  • 493Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 63Operators

Arriving in São José do Rio Preto

Leaving São José do Rio Preto

  • 191Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 26Operators

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