Cheapest€84.88
- Expresso Guanabara EG944319:3432h 27m04:01CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 33h 11mCO2 59.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza start at €114.58 and take 29h 51m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza starts at €114.58 and takes 29h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,191 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 29h 51mDoor to door
- 29h 7mMoving
- €114.58 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.
€114.58 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 €202.58Tue15
- 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
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 4m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Fortaleza for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €112.3890 days
- €93.6860 days
- €103.0345 days
- €85.9830 days
- €84.8821 days
- €120.6314 days
- €147.587 days
- €217.983 days
- €202.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €84.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 157 percent. The dearest point is €217.98, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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
- €114.58Tue
- €115.13Wed
- €148.68Thu
- €134.38Fri
- €134.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
Fortaleza
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
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, Governador Valadares, Juazeiro do Norte, Senhor do Bonfim. 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 Rio de Janeiro 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 26m | 3h 16m | 3h 10m | €216.08 | 555.2 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 29h 51m | 29h 7m | 44m | €114.58 | 59.2 kg | 10 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza
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 Fortaleza take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza takes 29h 51m door to door, of which 29h 7m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza starts at €114.58 for one passenger, as of 14 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 Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza: 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 Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 Fortaleza?
Travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza by Flight costs €216.08 and takes 6h 26m door to door, against 29h 51m 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 Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €84.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 157 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 Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza 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 Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 29h 51m 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 Fortaleza on 14 September 2026: 2191 km of route against 2191 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €114.58, and 29h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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