Franca to Patos de Minas runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:37 and the last around 16:54. One passenger pays between €13.38 and €13.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 20m over 272 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€13.38 to €13.93
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Franca
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:37First departure
- 16:54Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Gte Locadora Turistica runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Franca to Patos de Minas 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
- about €30.43Sun20
- about €24.38Mon21
- about €23.28Tue22
- about €20.53Wed23
- about €24.93Thu24
- about €27.13Fri25
- about €24.38Sat26
- about €18.88Sun27
- about €16.68Mon28
- about €17.78Tue29
- about €18.33Wed30
- about €19.43Thu1
- about €18.33Fri2
- about €18.88Sat3
- about €16.68Sun4
- about €13.93Mon5
- about €13.38Tue6
- about €14.48Wed7
- about €17.23Thu8
- about €18.33Fri9
- about €16.13Sat10
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 bus gets you into Patos de Minas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Patos de Minas for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Franca to Patos de Minas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.7345 days
- €12.8330 days
- €16.1321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €24.387 days
- €23.283 days
- €30.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €30.43, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Franca to Patos de Minas 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
272 km
237 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
365,494 → 159,235
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 272 km against 237 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 Araxá, Catalão, Cristalina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 POJ into Patos de Minas is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Patos de Minas
Settled in advance, so the ride into Patos de Minas 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.
Baggage storage near Rodoviária de Patos de Minas
Most of the points near Rodoviária de Patos de Minas open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Franca to Patos de Minas
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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
The fastest journey from Franca to Patos de Minas takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 3h 36m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 38m, 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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
The cheapest fare from Franca to Patos de Minas is €13.38, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €21.63. 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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
The cheapest way from Franca to Patos de Minas is by coach, at €13.38 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 20m 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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
Fares from Franca to Patos de Minas bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 159 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Franca to Patos de Minas?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Franca to Patos de Minas, at €16.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Franca to Patos de Minas?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Franca to Patos de Minas, at €12.28 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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
2 operators sell services from Franca to Patos de Minas across 1 mode: Gte Locadora Turistica, Viacao Continental de Transportes. 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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
67 percent of the services we sell from Franca to Patos de Minas are direct. The rest connect at Araxá, Catalão, Cristalina, with about 50 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 Franca to Patos de Minas use?
Services from Franca to Patos de Minas by coach leave from Rodoviária de Franca and arrive at Rodoviária de Patos de Minas. 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 Franca to Patos de Minas?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Franca to Patos de Minas 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Franca to Patos de Minas on September 19, 2026: 272 km of route against 237 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 4h 20m 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 Patos de Minas is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Patos de Minas and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Patos de Minas in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Franca reaches 102 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 2,141 km. Patos de Minas reaches 120 places in 1 countries, from 121 to 1,934 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Franca
- 102Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Patos de Minas
Leaving Patos de Minas
- 120Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 12Operators