Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba start at €35.93 and take 9h 37m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba starts at €35.93 and takes 9h 37m door to door, run by 3 operators over 678 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 37mDoor to door
  • 8h 53mMoving
  • €35.93 to €69.48From
  • 06:30 to 20:53First and last departure
  • 30Per day
  • 18.3 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.

€35.93 to €69.48 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

  1. about €60.68Tue15
  2. about €55.18Wed16
  3. about €69.48Thu17
  4. about €54.08Fri18
  5. about €54.08Sat19
  6. about €50.78Sun20
  7. about €44.73Mon21
  8. about €35.93Tue22
  9. about €38.13Wed23
  10. about €47.48Thu24
  11. about €43.63Fri25
  12. about €44.73Sat26
  13. about €41.43Sun27
  14. about €35.93Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€28.23
  1. Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha EO805209:1610h 17m19:33CajuCuritiba Bus and Train Station

Door to door 11h 1mCO2 18.3 kgChanges 0Changeable 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha€28.239h 34m
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€29.339h 33m
Viacao Aguia Branca S A€29.339h 34m

The coach gets you into Curitiba. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Curitiba for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba

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

  1. €33.1890 days
  2. €28.2360 days
  3. €32.0845 days
  4. €27.1330 days
  5. €28.2321 days
  6. €35.9314 days
  7. €44.737 days
  8. €69.483 days
  9. €60.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 156 percent. The dearest point is €69.48, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €41.43Sun
  2. €35.93Mon
  3. €35.93Tue
  4. €38.13Wed
  5. €47.48Thu
  6. €43.63Fri
  7. €44.73Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rio de Janeiro

Coach
  • Caju
  • INTO

Curitiba

Coach
  • Curitiba Bus and Train Station
  • Terminal São Roque
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 678 km against 678 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:30 and the last at 20:53, across 30 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 28m1h 18m3h 10m€72.71172.0 kg21
Coach9h 37m8h 53m44m€35.9318.3 kg30

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba

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 Curitiba take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba takes 9h 37m door to door, of which 8h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 678 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 Curitiba cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba starts at €35.93 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.18. 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 Curitiba?

3 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba: Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha, Transportadora Turistica Suzano, Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Between them they file around 30 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 Curitiba use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba leaves from Caju and arrives at Curitiba Bus and Train 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba?

Travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba by Flight costs €72.71 and takes 4h 28m door to door, against 9h 37m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 156 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba produce?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba produces about 18.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 678 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 Curitiba?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Curitiba publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 37m 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 Curitiba on 14 September 2026: 678 km of route against 678 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €35.93, and 9h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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