Cheapest€14.48
- Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo UU618106:464h 18m11:04CajuRodoviária de Conselheiro Lafaiete
Door to door 5h 2mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete start at €14.48 and take 4h 50m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete starts at €14.48 and takes 4h 50m door to door, run by 2 operators over 296 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 50mDoor to door
- 4h 6mMoving
- €17.78 to €32.08From
- 06:08 to 14:50First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 8.0 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.
€17.78 to €32.08 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.
Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete 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 €32.08Fri18
- about €32.08Sat19
- about €26.03Sun20
- about €21.63Mon21
- about €21.63Tue22
- about €24.93Wed23
- about €24.38Thu24
- about €22.73Fri25
- about €21.63Sat26
- about €24.93Sun27
- about €18.33Mon28
- about €17.78Tue29
- about €21.08Wed30
- about €18.33Thu1
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 6 October 2026
Fastest€15.03
- Útil S-718814:504h 6m18:56CajuRodoviária de Conselheiro Lafaiete
Door to door 4h 50mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Útil | €15.03 | 4h 40m |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €14.48 | 4h 42m |
The coach gets you into Conselheiro Lafaiete. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Conselheiro Lafaiete for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €13.3845 days
- €17.7830 days
- €19.9821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €24.387 days
- €26.033 days
- €32.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €32.08, 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.
- €24.93Sun
- €18.33Mon
- €17.78Tue
- €21.08Wed
- €19.98Thu
- €22.73Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
Conselheiro Lafaiete
Coach
- Rodoviária de Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Terminal Rodoviário Juca Pena
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 296 km against 257 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 Queimados, Juiz de Fora, Petrópolis, Barbacena. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Rio de Janeiro at 06:08 and the last at 14:50, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete
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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 4h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 296 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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete starts at €14.48 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.67. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete?
2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete: Útil, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. Between them they file around 7 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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Conselheiro Lafaiete. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete produces about 8.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 296 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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 50m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Conselheiro Lafaiete on 17 September 2026: 296 km of route against 257 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €14.48, and 4h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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