Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim start at €84.88 and take 22h 24m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim starts at €84.88 and takes 22h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,633 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 22h 24mDoor to door
  • 21h 40mMoving
  • €84.88 to €166.28From
  • 06:08 to 17:14First and last departure
  • 7Per day
  • 44.1 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.

€84.88 to €166.28 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

  1. about €157.48Tue15
  2. about €139.33Wed16
  3. about €166.28Thu17
  4. about €128.88Fri18
  5. about €148.13Sat19
  6. about €149.78Sun20
  7. about €103.03Mon21
  8. about €84.88Tue22
  9. about €100.28Wed23
  10. about €109.08Thu24
  11. about €105.78Fri25
  12. about €107.43Sat26
  13. about €106.88Sun27
  14. about €95.88Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€63.43
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG949911:4123h 58m11:39CajuSenhor do Bonfim bus station

Door to door 24h 42mCO2 44.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€87.63
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG398306:0821h 40m03:48CajuSenhor do Bonfim bus station

Door to door 22h 24mCO2 44.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€63.4321h 53m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

The coach gets you into Senhor do Bonfim. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Senhor do Bonfim for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €75.5390 days
  2. €76.0860 days
  3. €74.4345 days
  4. €59.0330 days
  5. €63.4321 days
  6. €95.8814 days
  7. €103.037 days
  8. €166.283 days
  9. €157.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 182 percent. The dearest point is €166.28, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €106.88Sun
  2. €95.88Mon
  3. €84.88Tue
  4. €100.28Wed
  5. €109.08Thu
  6. €105.78Fri
  7. €107.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rio de Janeiro

Coach
  • Caju
  • INTO
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,633 km against 1,420 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Leopoldina, Itaobim, Governador Valadares, Medina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 17:14, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim

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 Senhor do Bonfim take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim takes 22h 24m door to door, of which 21h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 1,633 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 Senhor do Bonfim cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim starts at €84.88 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €84.88. 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 Senhor do Bonfim?

1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. 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 Senhor do Bonfim use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim leaves from Caju and arrives at Senhor do Bonfim 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 Senhor do Bonfim?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 182 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 Senhor do Bonfim produce?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim produces about 44.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1633 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 Senhor do Bonfim?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Senhor do Bonfim publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 22h 24m 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 Senhor do Bonfim on 14 September 2026: 1633 km of route against 1420 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €84.88, and 22h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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