Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €10.07, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 25m over 123 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.07, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for September 30, 2026
€10.07
- 60%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santa Cruz do Sul
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:04First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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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
- about €16.13Mon21
- about €15.03Tue22
- about €15.58Wed23
- about €15.58Thu24
- about €13.38Fri25
- about €15.58Sat26
- about €14.48Sun27
- about €11.73Mon28
- about €10.63Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €13.93Thu1
- about €10.63Fri2
- about €11.18Sat3
- about €10.08Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
- about €10.07Tue6
- about €10.07Wed7
- about €10.63Thu8
- about €10.07Fri9
- about €10.07Sat10
- about €10.07Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Bento Gonçalves. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Bento Gonçalves for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0814 days
- €14.487 days
- €15.583 days
- €16.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 60 percent. The most expensive point is €16.13, 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves 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
123 km
107 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
138,270 → 127,977
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 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 123 km against 107 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 Estância Velha, Montenegro, São Leopoldo, Novo Hamburgo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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. 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.
Baggage storage near Estação Rodoviária de Bento Gonçalves
Most of the points near Estação Rodoviária de Bento Gonçalves open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves
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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
The fastest journey from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves takes 2h 25m door to door, of which 1h 53m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 2h 32m, 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
The cheapest fare from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves is €10.07, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €10.63. 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
The cheapest way from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 2h 37m 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
Fares from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 60 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves, at €10.07. 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves, at €10.07 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
Viação União Santa Cruz publish service areas covering both Santa Cruz do Sul and Bento Gonçalves, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
20 percent of the services we sell from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves are direct. The rest connect at Estância Velha, Montenegro, São Leopoldo, Novo Hamburgo, with about 47 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves use?
Services from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves by coach leave from Estação Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do Sul and arrive at Estação Rodoviária de Bento Gonçalves. 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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Santa Cruz do Sul to Bento Gonçalves on September 20, 2026: 123 km of route against 107 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 25m 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 Bento Gonçalves is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Bento Gonçalves and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Bento Gonçalves in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Santa Cruz do Sul reaches 107 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 93 to 3,122 km. Bento Gonçalves reaches 53 places in 1 countries, from 58 to 3,145 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santa Cruz do Sul
- 107Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Bento Gonçalves
Leaving Bento Gonçalves
- 53Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators