Cheapest€27.68
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA767614:397h 38m22:17Macaé Bus StationSão Mateus bus station
Door to door 8h 22mCO2 15.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Macaé to São Mateus bus
Buses from Macaé to São Mateus start at €31.53 and take 8h 22m at their fastest.
The Buses from Macaé to São Mateus starts at €31.53 and takes 8h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 574 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 22mDoor to door
- 7h 38mMoving
- €31.53From
- 15.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€28.78
- Kaissara K205107:302h 19m09:49Macaé Bus StationCaju
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG244711:045h 50m16:54CajuSão Mateus bus station
Changes at Rio de Janeiro, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 10h 8mCO2 14.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacao Aguia Branca S A | €27.68 | 8h 15m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into São Mateus. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Macaé to São Mateus
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.2390 days
- €24.3860 days
- €28.2345 days
- €28.2330 days
- €34.2821 days
- €35.3814 days
- €44.187 days
- €48.583 days
- €55.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 129 percent. The dearest point is €55.73, 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.
- €39.78Sun
- €31.53Mon
- €34.28Tue
- €32.08Wed
- €35.38Thu
- €37.03Fri
- €41.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Macaé
Coach
- Macaé Bus Station
- Rodoviária de Macaé
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
- 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 574 km against 499 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 Belo Horizonte, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes. 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. 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 Macaé at 06:26 and the last at 14:39, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Macaé to São Mateus
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 Macaé to São Mateus take?
The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus takes 8h 22m door to door, of which 7h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 574 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 Macaé to São Mateus cost?
The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus starts at €31.53 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.73. 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 Macaé to São Mateus?
1 operators run the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. 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 Macaé to São Mateus use?
The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus leaves from Macaé Bus Station and arrives at São Mateus bus station. 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 Macaé to São Mateus?
Fares for the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 129 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus produce?
The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus produces about 15.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 574 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 Macaé to São Mateus?
Operators on the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Macaé to São Mateus on 10 September 2026: 574 km of route against 499 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.53, and 8h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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