Cheapest€13.38
- Nordeste Transportes NT623712:424h 5m16:47CajuEco
Door to door 4h 49mCO2 7.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos start at €13.38 and take 4h 25m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos starts at €13.38 and takes 4h 25m door to door, run by 8 operators over 278 km, with around 96 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 25mDoor to door
- 3h 41mMoving
- €16.68 to €30.98From
- 06:01 to 21:35First and last departure
- 96Per day
- 7.5 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.
€16.68 to €30.98 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.
Expresso Adamantina runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos 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 €30.98Sun20
- about €23.83Mon21
- about €23.83Tue22
- about €21.08Wed23
- about €25.48Thu24
- about €23.83Fri25
- about €24.38Sat26
- about €18.88Sun27
- about €16.68Mon28
- about €16.68Tue29
- about €17.23Wed30
- about €19.98Thu1
- about €18.88Fri2
- about €18.88Sat3
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 |
|---|---|
| Auto Viação Catarinense | €13.93 |
| Expresso Adamantina | €13.38 |
| JS Turismo | €13.93 |
| Nordeste Transportes | €13.38 |
| Primar Navegacoes e Turismo | €13.93 |
| Santa Maria | €13.93 |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €13.38 |
| Viação Sampaio | €13.93 |
The coach gets you into São José dos Campos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São José dos Campos for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from São José dos Campos railway station 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 São José dos Campos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €11.1845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €16.1321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €24.387 days
- €23.833 days
- €30.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €30.98, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €18.88Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €19.98Thu
- €18.88Fri
- €18.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
São José dos Campos
Coach
- Eco
- Terminal Central
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 278 km against 278 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:01 and the last at 21:35, across 96 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 | 3h 57m | 47m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 70.6 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 4h 25m | 3h 41m | 44m | €13.38 | 7.5 kg | 96 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos
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 São José dos Campos take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos takes 4h 25m door to door, of which 3h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 278 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 São José dos Campos cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos starts at €13.38 for one passenger, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.13. 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 São José dos Campos?
8 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos: Auto Viação Catarinense, Expresso Adamantina, JS Turismo, Nordeste Transportes, Primar Navegacoes e Turismo. Between them they file around 96 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 São José dos Campos use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos leaves from Caju and arrives at Eco. 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 São José dos Campos?
Travelling from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 57m door to door, against 4h 25m 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 São José dos Campos?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos produces about 7.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 278 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 São José dos Campos?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São José dos Campos publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 8 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 25m 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 São José dos Campos on 19 September 2026: 278 km of route against 278 km in a straight line, 96 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 4h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in São José dos Campos is somebody else's catalogue.
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