Cheapest€10.63
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA695015:592h 33m18:32CajuLeopoldina bus station
Door to door 3h 17mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina start at €12.28 and take 3h 16m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina starts at €12.28 and takes 3h 16m door to door, run by 3 operators over 187 km, with around 36 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 16mDoor to door
- 2h 32mMoving
- €12.28 to €21.63From
- 06:28 to 21:26First and last departure
- 36Per day
- 5.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€12.28 to €21.63 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 €18.88Tue15
- about €17.78Wed16
- about €21.63Thu17
- about €17.23Fri18
- about €17.78Sat19
- about €16.68Sun20
- about €14.48Mon21
- about €12.28Tue22
- about €12.83Wed23
- about €15.03Thu24
- about €14.48Fri25
- about €15.03Sat26
- about €13.93Sun27
- about €12.28Mon28
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 29 September 2026
Fastest€13.93
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA296017:142h 32m19:46CajuLeopoldina bus station
Door to door 3h 16mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
The coach gets you into Leopoldina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Leopoldina for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €11.1845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.6321 days
- €12.2814 days
- €14.487 days
- €21.633 days
- €18.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is €21.63, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €13.93Sun
- €12.28Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €12.83Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €14.48Fri
- €15.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 187 km against 163 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:28 and the last at 21:26, across 36 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina
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 Leopoldina take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 187 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 Leopoldina cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina starts at €12.28 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.83. 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 Leopoldina?
3 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina: JS Turismo, Viacao Aguia Branca S A, Viacao Riodoce. Between them they file around 36 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 Leopoldina use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina leaves from Caju and arrives at Leopoldina 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 Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 115 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 Leopoldina produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 187 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 Leopoldina?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Leopoldina publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 16m 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 Leopoldina on 14 September 2026: 187 km of route against 163 km in a straight line, 36 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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