Anyone using buses for transport in the city of São Paulo from this Tuesday (6) will pay a more expensive ticket. As announced at the end of 2025, the fare, which was R$5, will now cost R$5.30.
It is an adjustment of 6% above inflation over a period of one year, which was 4.5%, according to the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
On December 29th of last year, when it announced the fare adjustment, São Paulo city hall justified the change by stating that the ticket price had been maintained at R$4.40 for five years.
“From 2020 to 2025 there was a single update of 13.6% to R$5. And inflation in this period was 40.31%. The current correction to R$5.30 is less than half the inflationary value of these five years”, says a statement from the municipal administration.
Adjustment calculation
The city hall calculates the fare adjustment using another index, which is the Public Transport Consumer Prices (IPC-Fipe Colective Transport), which indicated a 6.5% variation in the year to date.
Without the subsidy paid by the city hall to bus companies, the fare would be R$ 11.78, according to studies by the city of São Paulo.
Train and subway
The Government of the State of São Paulo also increased the value of train and subway fares this Tuesday. As announced by governor Tarcísio de Freitas at the end of last year, tickets will go from R$5.20 to R$5.40.
