Venâncio Aires to São José runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 57m over 474 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.18, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€22.18
- 158%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Venâncio Aires
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:18First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Viação União Santa Cruz 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
- about €52.98Mon21
- about €48.58Tue22
- about €49.68Wed23
- about €49.13Thu24
- about €41.98Fri25
- about €50.78Sat26
- about €46.38Sun27
- about €33.72Mon28
- about €32.08Tue29
- about €27.68Wed30
- about €44.73Thu1
- about €30.98Fri2
- about €34.28Sat3
- about €28.23Sun4
- about €22.18Mon5
- about €23.83Tue6
- about €24.38Wed7
- about €30.43Thu8
- about €25.48Fri9
- about €26.03Sat10
- about €24.93Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into São José. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in São José for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Venâncio Aires to São José
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €23.8360 days
- €20.5345 days
- €21.6330 days
- €24.9321 days
- €28.2314 days
- €46.387 days
- €49.683 days
- €52.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is €52.98, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Venâncio Aires to São José 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
474 km
412 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
68,763 → 295,658
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 474 km against 412 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 Novo Hamburgo, Montenegro, São Leopoldo, Santa Maria. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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 Rodoviária Antônio Carlos
Most of the points near Rodoviária Antônio Carlos open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Venâncio Aires to São José
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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
The fastest journey from Venâncio Aires to São José takes 6h 57m door to door, of which 7h 10m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 7h 24m, 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
The cheapest fare from Venâncio Aires to São José is €22.18, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.08. 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
The cheapest way from Venâncio Aires to São José is by coach, at €22.18 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 54m 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
Fares from Venâncio Aires to São José bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €20.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 158 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Venâncio Aires to São José, at €27.68. 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Venâncio Aires to São José, at €21.08 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
1 operators sell services from Venâncio Aires to São José across 1 mode: Viação União Santa Cruz. 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
20 percent of the services we sell from Venâncio Aires to São José are direct. The rest connect at Novo Hamburgo, Montenegro, São Leopoldo, Santa Maria, with about 45 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 Venâncio Aires to São José use?
Services from Venâncio Aires to São José by coach leave from Estação Rodoviária de Venâncio Aires and arrive at Rodoviária Antônio Carlos. 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 Venâncio Aires to São José?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Venâncio Aires to São José 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 Venâncio Aires to São José on September 20, 2026: 474 km of route against 412 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 6h 57m 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 São José is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of São José and across Brazil
Day trips that leave São José in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Venâncio Aires reaches 31 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 871 km. São José reaches 110 places in 1 countries, from 219 to 2,942 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Venâncio Aires
- 31Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in São José
Leaving São José
- 110Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators