Cheapest€23.28
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA525414:556h 33m21:28CajuRodoviária de Vila Velha
Door to door 7h 17mCO2 12.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha start at €26.58 and take 7h 17m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha starts at €26.58 and takes 7h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 476 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 17mDoor to door
- 6h 33mMoving
- €26.58 to €50.78From
- 06:28 to 18:42First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 12.9 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.
€26.58 to €50.78 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 €45.82Tue15
- about €47.48Wed16
- about €50.78Thu17
- about €38.68Fri18
- about €40.88Sat19
- about €40.88Sun20
- about €32.63Mon21
- about €27.68Tue22
- about €27.13Wed23
- about €37.03Thu24
- about €34.28Fri25
- about €34.83Sat26
- about €33.73Sun27
- about €26.58Mon28
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
Lowest CO2€28.23
- Kaissara K118507:303h 27m10:57CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Campos dos Goytacazes
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA405212:063h 3m15:09Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos GoytacazesRodoviária de Vila Velha
Changes at Campos dos Goytacazes, with 69 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 8h 23mCO2 12.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacao Aguia Branca S A | €23.28 | 6h 58m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Vila Velha. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Vila Velha for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.4890 days
- €21.6360 days
- €26.5845 days
- €19.9830 days
- €23.2821 days
- €26.5814 days
- €32.637 days
- €50.783 days
- €45.821 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 154 percent. The dearest point is €50.78, 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.
- €33.73Sun
- €26.58Mon
- €27.68Tue
- €27.13Wed
- €37.03Thu
- €34.28Fri
- €34.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Coach
- Caju
- INTO
Vila Velha
Coach
- Rodoviária de Vila Velha
- Terminal Urbano de Vila Velha
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 476 km against 414 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 Guarapari, Campos dos Goytacazes, Macaé, Leopoldina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 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 06:28 and the last at 18:42, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha
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 Vila Velha take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha takes 7h 17m door to door, of which 6h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 476 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 Vila Velha cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha starts at €26.58 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €27.41. 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 Vila Velha?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Between them they file around 8 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 Vila Velha use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Vila Velha. 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 Vila Velha?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 154 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 Vila Velha produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha produces about 12.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 476 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 Vila Velha?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Vila Velha publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 17m 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 Vila Velha on 14 September 2026: 476 km of route against 414 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €26.58, and 7h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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