Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €29.33 and €30.43, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 7m over 554 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
€29.33 to €30.43
- 150%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Visconde do Rio Branco
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.
- 06:31First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Viacao Aguia Branca S A runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André 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 €55.18Tue15
- about €52.43Wed16
- about €56.83Thu17
- about €48.58Fri18
- about €46.38Sat19
- about €46.38Sun20
- about €34.28Mon21
- about €31.53Tue22
- about €33.73Wed23
- about €42.53Thu24
- about €40.88Fri25
- about €45.28Sat26
- about €35.93Sun27
- about €30.43Mon28
- about €30.43Tue29
- about €29.33Wed30
- about €38.13Thu1
- about €37.58Fri2
- about €33.18Sat3
- about €33.18Sun4
- about €29.33Mon5
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 Santo André. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santo André for the night the bus gets in
The search opens on Santo André with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.0890 days
- €24.3860 days
- €32.0845 days
- €22.7330 days
- €29.3321 days
- €30.4314 days
- €34.287 days
- €56.833 days
- €55.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €56.83, 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André 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
554 km
481 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
39,160 → 662,373
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 554 km against 481 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 Resende, Barra Mansa, São José dos Campos, Taubaté. 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.
Where to leave your bags in Santo André
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André
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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
The fastest journey from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André takes 8h 7m door to door, of which 7h 48m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 40m, 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
The cheapest fare from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André is €29.33, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.78. 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
The cheapest way from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André is by coach, at €30.43 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 8h 32m 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
Fares from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €22.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 150 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André, at €30.43. 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André, at €22.18 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
1 operators sell services from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André across 1 mode: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
20 percent of the services we sell from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André are direct. The rest connect at Resende, Barra Mansa, São José dos Campos, Taubaté, 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André use?
Services from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André by coach leave from Rodoviária de Visconde do Rio Branco and arrive at Santo André bus station. 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André 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 Visconde do Rio Branco to Santo André on September 14, 2026: 554 km of route against 481 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €29.33, and 8h 7m 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 Santo André is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Santo André and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Santo André in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Visconde do Rio Branco reaches 11 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 213 to 791 km. Santo André reaches 101 places in 1 countries, from 71 to 2,222 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Visconde do Rio Branco
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Santo André
Leaving Santo André
- 101Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 18Operators