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Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul. From €134.93, fastest 44h 32m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:48 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €134.93, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 44h 32m over 3,377 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €134.93, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€134.93

  • 117%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Caruaru

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:48First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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JS 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 €293.33Mon21
  2. about €274.08Tue22
  3. about €296.63Wed23
  4. about €273.53Thu24
  5. about €251.53Fri25
  6. about €286.73Sat26
  7. about €259.78Sun27
  8. about €225.13Mon28
  9. about €204.23Tue29
  10. about €227.33Wed30
  11. about €237.23Thu1
  12. about €231.18Fri2
  13. about €199.28Sat3
  14. about €183.88Sun4
  15. about €134.93Mon5
  16. about €136.58Tue6
  17. about €150.33Wed7
  18. about €182.78Thu8
  19. about €172.88Fri9
  20. about €166.28Sat10
  21. about €158.03Sun11

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

The bus gets you into Santa Cruz do Sul. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Santa Cruz do Sul for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Antiga Estação Férrea de Santa Cruz do Sul and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul

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

  1. €175.0890 days
  2. €142.6360 days
  3. €155.2845 days
  4. €136.5830 days
  5. €158.0321 days
  6. €183.8814 days
  7. €259.787 days
  8. €296.633 days
  9. €293.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €136.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 117 percent. The most expensive point is €296.63, 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.
€296.63€136.58137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul 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

3,377 km

2,936 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

402,290138,270

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
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 3,377 km against 2,936 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 Medina, Itaobim, Planalto, Poções. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

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 Antiga Estação Férrea de Santa Cruz do Sul

Most of the points near Antiga Estação Férrea de Santa Cruz do Sul open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul

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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

The fastest journey from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul takes 44h 32m door to door, of which 46h 57m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 47h 48m, 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

The cheapest fare from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul is €134.93, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €237.78. 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

The cheapest way from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul is by coach, at €134.93 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 47h 41m 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

Fares from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €136.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 117 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul, at €183.88. 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul, at €127.23 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

1 operators sell services from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul across 1 mode: JS Turismo. 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

20 percent of the services we sell from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul are direct. The rest connect at Medina, Itaobim, Planalto, Poções, with about 53 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul use?

Services from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviário De Caruaru and arrive at Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do Sul. 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul 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 Caruaru to Santa Cruz do Sul on September 20, 2026: 3377 km of route against 2936 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €134.93, and 44h 32m 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 Santa Cruz do Sul is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Santa Cruz do Sul and across Brazil

Day trips that leave Santa Cruz do Sul in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Caruaru reaches 157 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 2,936 km. Santa Cruz do Sul reaches 107 places in 1 countries, from 93 to 3,122 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Caruaru

  • 157Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 11Operators

Arriving in Santa Cruz do Sul

Leaving Santa Cruz do Sul

  • 107Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 7Operators

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