São José to Guarulhos runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 14:47. One passenger pays between €27.13 and €28.78, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 20m over 583 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
€27.13 to €28.78
- 112%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São José
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.
- 06:05First departure
- 14:47Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São José to Guarulhos 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 €51.88Tue15
- about €55.73Wed16
- about €56.28Thu17
- about €45.83Fri18
- about €55.18Sat19
- about €44.73Sun20
- about €32.08Mon21
- about €32.08Tue22
- about €33.18Wed23
- about €40.33Thu24
- about €40.33Fri25
- about €40.88Sat26
- about €36.48Sun27
- about €28.78Mon28
- about €27.13Tue29
- about €27.68Wed30
- about €32.63Thu1
- about €32.63Fri2
- about €32.63Sat3
- about €29.88Sun4
- about €28.23Mon5
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 Guarulhos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Guarulhos for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from São Miguel Paulista train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book São José to Guarulhos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.9890 days
- €28.7860 days
- €28.2345 days
- €26.5830 days
- €28.2321 days
- €28.7814 days
- €32.087 days
- €56.283 days
- €51.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 112 percent. The most expensive point is €56.28, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São José to Guarulhos 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
583 km
507 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
295,658 → 1,345,364
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 583 km against 507 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 Curitiba, São José dos Pinhais, Campina Grande do Sul, Torres. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 São Miguel Paulista train station
Most of the points near São Miguel Paulista train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about São José to Guarulhos
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 São José to Guarulhos?
The fastest journey from São José to Guarulhos takes 8h 20m door to door, of which 7h 38m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 55m, 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 São José to Guarulhos?
The cheapest fare from São José to Guarulhos is €27.13, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €40.61. 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 São José to Guarulhos?
The cheapest way from São José to Guarulhos is by coach, at €28.78 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 8h 22m 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 São José to Guarulhos?
Fares from São José to Guarulhos bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €26.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 112 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São José to Guarulhos?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from São José to Guarulhos, at €28.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for São José to Guarulhos?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from São José to Guarulhos, at €22.73 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 São José to Guarulhos?
2 operators sell services from São José to Guarulhos across 1 mode: Catarinense Agencia de Viagens, Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas. 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 São José to Guarulhos?
50 percent of the services we sell from São José to Guarulhos are direct. The rest connect at Curitiba, São José dos Pinhais, Campina Grande do Sul, Torres, with about 54 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 São José to Guarulhos use?
Services from São José to Guarulhos by coach leave from Rodoviária Antônio Carlos and arrive at Terminal São Miguel. 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 São José to Guarulhos?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from São José to Guarulhos 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 São José to Guarulhos on September 14, 2026: 583 km of route against 507 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.13, and 8h 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 Guarulhos is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
São José reaches 110 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 219 to 2,942 km. Guarulhos reaches 229 places in 1 countries, from 61 to 2,541 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São José
- 110Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Guarulhos
Leaving Guarulhos
- 229Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 27Operators