Cheapest€90.38
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT274112:1432h 3m20:17CajuTerminal Rodoviario do São Luís
Door to door 32h 47mCO2 61.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to São Luís bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís start at €113.48 and take 32h 47m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís starts at €113.48 and takes 32h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,269 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 32h 47mDoor to door
- 32h 3mMoving
- €113.48 to €199.28From
- 06:41 to 16:55First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 61.3 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.
€113.48 to €199.28 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 €166.83Tue15
- about €197.63Wed16
- about €199.28Thu17
- about €173.98Fri18
- about €173.98Sat19
- about €195.98Sun20
- about €113.48Mon21
- about €125.58Tue22
- about €127.23Wed23
- about €162.43Thu24
- about €143.73Fri25
- about €165.18Sat26
- about €138.78Sun27
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €90.38 | 30h 14m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into São Luís. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São Luís for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to São Luís
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €112.3890 days
- €110.1860 days
- €125.0345 days
- €82.6830 days
- €90.3821 days
- €120.6314 days
- €113.487 days
- €199.283 days
- €166.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €82.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 141 percent. The dearest point is €199.28, 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.
- €138.78Sun
- €113.48Mon
- €125.58Tue
- €127.23Wed
- €162.43Thu
- €143.73Fri
- €165.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
São Luís
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís
- Terminal Praia Grande
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,269 km against 2,269 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 Teresina, Ouro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Picos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 06:41 and the last at 16:55, across 7 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 35m | 3h 25m | 3h 10m | €189.53 | 574.9 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 32h 47m | 32h 3m | 44m | €113.48 | 61.3 kg | 7 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to São Luís
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 Luís take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís takes 32h 47m door to door, of which 32h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 2,269 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 Luís cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís starts at €113.48 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €111.28. 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 Luís?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís: Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 7 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 Luís use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís. 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 Luís?
Travelling from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís by Flight costs €189.53 and takes 6h 35m door to door, against 32h 47m 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 Luís?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €82.68. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 141 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 São Luís produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís produces about 61.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2269 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 Luís?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Luís publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 32h 47m 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 Luís on 14 September 2026: 2269 km of route against 2269 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €113.48, and 32h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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