Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos bus

Buses from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos start at €23.83 and take 8h 23m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos starts at €23.83 and takes 8h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 568 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 23mDoor to door
  • 7h 39mMoving
  • €30.43 to €57.93From
  • 06:43 to 14:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 19.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€30.43 to €57.93 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Campos dos Goytacazes and São José dos Campos.

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Expresso União runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €57.93Mon21
  2. about €50.78Tue22
  3. about €52.98Wed23
  4. about €52.43Thu24
  5. about €46.38Fri25
  6. about €45.83Sat26
  7. about €46.38Sun27
  8. about €30.43Mon28
  9. about €35.38Tue29
  10. about €38.68Wed30
  11. about €38.13Thu1
  12. about €34.83Fri2
  13. about €38.68Sat3
  14. about €35.93Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€23.83
  1. Expresso União EU476006:438h 6m14:49Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos GoytacazesEco

Door to door 8h 50mCO2 19.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€31.53
  1. Expresso União EU127714:307h 39m22:09Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos GoytacazesEco

Door to door 8h 23mCO2 19.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€25.48
  1. Kaissara K556807:303h 28m10:58Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos GoytacazesCaju
  2. Auto Viação Catarinense AV914212:264h 9m16:35CajuEco

Changes at Rio de Janeiro, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 49mCO2 17.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Expresso União€23.838h 11m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

The coach gets you into São José dos Campos. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in São José dos Campos for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €32.6390 days
  2. €24.9360 days
  3. €22.7345 days
  4. €24.3830 days
  5. €28.2321 days
  6. €35.9314 days
  7. €46.387 days
  8. €52.983 days
  9. €57.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €57.93, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €35.93Sun
  2. €30.43Mon
  3. €35.38Tue
  4. €38.68Wed
  5. €38.13Thu
  6. €34.83Fri
  7. €38.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Campos dos Goytacazes

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos Goytacazes
  • Rodoviária Roberto Silveira

São José dos Campos

Coach
  • Eco
  • Terminal Central
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 568 km against 494 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 Nova Friburgo, São Gonçalo, Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Campos dos Goytacazes at 06:43 and the last at 14:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos

The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos take?

The Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos takes 8h 23m door to door, of which 7h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 568 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos cost?

The Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos starts at €23.83 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €27.68. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos?

1 operators run the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos: Expresso União. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos use?

The Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos Goytacazes and arrives at Eco. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos?

Fares for the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos produce?

The Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos produces about 19.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 568 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos?

Operators on the Coach from Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Campos dos Goytacazes to São José dos Campos on 20 September 2026: 568 km of route against 494 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.83, and 8h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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