Cheapest€38.68
- Real Expresso RE111410:0012h 59m22:59CajuTerminal Goiânia Viva
Door to door 13h 43mCO2 25.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia start at €38.68 and take 13h 1m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia starts at €38.68 and takes 13h 1m door to door, run by 4 operators over 939 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 13h 1mDoor to door
- 12h 17mMoving
- €48.58 to €91.48From
- 06:08 to 18:47First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 25.4 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.
€48.58 to €91.48 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.
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia 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 €89.28Fri18
- about €91.48Sat19
- about €73.33Sun20
- about €63.43Mon21
- about €61.78Tue22
- about €62.88Wed23
- about €63.98Thu24
- about €62.33Fri25
- about €61.78Sat26
- about €56.83Sun27
- about €48.58Mon28
- about €49.68Tue29
- about €50.23Wed30
- about €49.68Thu1
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €38.68 | 12h 55m |
| JS Turismo | €40.88 | 12h 55m |
| Real Expresso | €38.68 | 12h 56m |
 Viação | €39.78 | 12h 55m |
The coach gets you into Goiânia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Goiânia for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Goiânia Viva and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.1890 days
- €31.5360 days
- €37.0345 days
- €41.9830 days
- €50.2321 days
- €49.6814 days
- €63.987 days
- €73.333 days
- €89.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €89.28, 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.
- €56.83Sun
- €48.58Mon
- €49.68Tue
- €50.23Wed
- €50.23Thu
- €62.33Fri
- €61.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
Goiânia
Coach
- Terminal Goiânia Viva
- Terminal Rodoviário de Goiânia
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 939 km against 939 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Patrocínio, Monte Carmelo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 18:47, across 18 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 | 4h 48m | 1h 38m | 3h 10m | €80.97 | 238.1 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 13h 1m | 12h 17m | 44m | €38.68 | 25.4 kg | 18 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia
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 Goiânia take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia takes 13h 1m door to door, of which 12h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 939 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 Goiânia cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia starts at €38.68 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €47.76. 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 Goiânia?
4 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, JS Turismo, Real Expresso, Viação. Between them they file around 18 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 Goiânia use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Goiânia Viva. 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 Goiânia?
Travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia by Flight costs €80.97 and takes 4h 48m door to door, against 13h 1m 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 Goiânia?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 183 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 Goiânia produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia produces about 25.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 939 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 Goiânia?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Goiânia publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 1m 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 Goiânia on 17 September 2026: 939 km of route against 939 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €38.68, and 13h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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