Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:53 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €52.43 and €53.53, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 13h 58m over 1,017 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€52.43 to €53.53
- 195%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rio de Janeiro
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.
- 06:53First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Auto Viação Catarinense runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava 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 €115.68Mon14
- about €95.33Tue15
- about €90.38Wed16
- about €90.38Thu17
- about €105.23Fri18
- about €90.93Sat19
- about €87.63Sun20
- about €62.33Mon21
- about €53.53Tue22
- about €67.28Wed23
- about €83.23Thu24
- about €65.08Fri25
- about €67.83Sat26
- about €71.13Sun27
- about €46.93Mon28
- about €56.28Tue29
- about €56.28Wed30
- about €64.53Thu1
- about €52.43Fri2
- about €52.98Sat3
- about €52.43Sun4
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 Guarapuava. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Guarapuava for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €65.6390 days
- €47.4860 days
- €39.2345 days
- €40.3330 days
- €52.4321 days
- €71.1314 days
- €87.637 days
- €90.383 days
- €115.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €39.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €115.68, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava 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
1,017 km
884 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
6,747,815 → 189,630
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 actually 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 1,017 km against 884 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 Mogi das Cruzes, Santos, São Caetano do Sul, Santo André. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
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 Guarapuava
Most of the points near Rodoviária de Guarapuava open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava
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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava takes 13h 58m door to door, of which 15h 5m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 14h 44m, 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava is €46.93, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €68.93. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava is by coach, at €53.53 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 15h 49m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €39.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 195 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava, at €56.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava, at €38.13 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
1 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava across 1 mode: Auto Viação Catarinense. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
20 percent of the services we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava are direct. The rest connect at Mogi das Cruzes, Santos, São Caetano do Sul, Santo André, with about 46 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava use?
Services from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava by coach leave from Caju and arrive at Rodoviária de Guarapuava. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava 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 Rio de Janeiro to Guarapuava on September 13, 2026: 1017 km of route against 884 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €46.93, and 13h 58m 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 Guarapuava is somebody else's catalog.

Day trips out of Guarapuava and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Guarapuava in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 11,870 km. Guarapuava reaches 59 places in 1 countries, from 176 to 1,109 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators
Arriving in Guarapuava
Leaving Guarapuava
- 59Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators