Cheapest€84.88
- Expresso Guanabara EG598419:3433h 5m04:39Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméCaju
Door to door 33h 49mCO2 59.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro start at €92.58 and take 30h 56m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro starts at €92.58 and takes 30h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,191 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 30h 56mDoor to door
- 30h 12mMoving
- €92.58 to €217.98From
- 06:03 to 19:34First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 59.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€92.58 to €217.98 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €177.83Wed16
- about €217.98Thu17
- about €165.18Fri18
- about €167.93Sat19
- about €157.48Sun20
- about €147.58Mon21
- about €114.58Tue22
- about €115.13Wed23
- about €148.68Thu24
- about €134.38Fri25
- about €134.93Sat26
- about €150.33Sun27
- about €120.63Mon28
- about €92.58Tue29
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 cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €84.88 | 29h 3m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Rio de Janeiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €88.7390 days
- €84.8860 days
- €102.4845 days
- €112.3830 days
- €95.3321 days
- €92.5814 days
- €114.587 days
- €165.183 days
- €177.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €84.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is €177.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €150.33Sun
- €120.63Mon
- €95.33Tue
- €115.13Wed
- €148.68Thu
- €134.38Fri
- €134.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Fortaleza
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,191 km against 2,191 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Senhor do Bonfim, Governador Valadares, Juazeiro do Norte. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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. 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 Fortaleza at 06:03 and the last at 19:34, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6h 32m | 3h 22m | 3h 10m | €183.04 | 555.2 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 30h 56m | 30h 12m | 44m | €92.58 | 59.2 kg | 10 |
Questions about Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro
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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro takes 30h 56m door to door, of which 30h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 2,191 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro starts at €92.58 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €107.16. 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
1 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 10 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Caju. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
Travelling from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro by Flight costs €183.04 and takes 6h 32m door to door, against 30h 56m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €84.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 110 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro produces about 59.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2191 km, which works out at roughly 27 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 Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 30h 56m 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 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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro on 15 September 2026: 2191 km of route against 2191 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €92.58, and 30h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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