Cheapest€10.08
- Kaissara K840106:172h 23m08:40Macaé Bus StationRodoviária de Xerém
Door to door 3h 7mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Travelling from Macaé to Petrópolis costs €10.08 at the cheapest and takes 2h 59m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 166 km. Cheapest is by Coach, fastest is by Coach.
At a glance
- Distance
- 166 km
- Fastest
- 2h 59m
- Average
- 3h 5m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €10.08
- CO2 per passenger
- 4.5 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 28 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 3h 7m | 2h 23m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.5 kg | 5 |
- 3h 7mFastest, by Coach
- €11.18Cheapest, by Coach
- 4.5 kgLowest CO2, by Coach
- 166 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this journey yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Macaé to Petrópolis | Thu10 Sept | Fri11 Sept | Sat12 Sept | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €26.58 | €22.73 | €19.98 | €16.67 | €16.67 | €16.13 | €14.48 | €16.67 | €16.13 | €13.93 | €12.83 | €13.93 | €11.18 | €14.48 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €10.08
The journey ends at Estação Fragoso. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Petrópolis for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Macaé to Petrópolis
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.0845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €11.7321 days
- €14.4814 days
- €14.487 days
- €19.983 days
- €26.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 164 percent. The dearest point is €26.58, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €13.38Sun
- €13.93Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €14.48Wed
- €16.67Thu
- €16.13Fri
- €13.93Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €16.13Sept
- €13.38Oct
- €11.73Nov
- €11.18Dec
- €10.08Jan
- €10.07Feb
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 166 km against 144 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 Araruama, Itaboraí, Nova Friburgo, Maricá. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Macaé at 06:17 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Macaé
Coach
- Macaé Bus Station
- Rodoviária de Macaé
Air
- MEA
Petrópolis
Rail
- Estação Fragoso
- Estação Meio da Serra
- Estação Vila Inhomirim
Coach
- Rodoviária de Xerém
- Ponto Final (RAIZ DA SERRA)
Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaissara | €10.08 | 2h 59m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €6.00 | 60% |
| Taxes | €0.60 | 6% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 15% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 20% |
| Total you pay | €10.08 | 100% |
We cannot promise Estação Fragoso still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Left luggage near Estação Fragoso
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Macaé to Petrópolis
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 it take to get from Macaé to Petrópolis?
The fastest journey from Macaé to Petrópolis takes 2h 59m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the Coach. Most services take around 3h 5m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Macaé to Petrópolis?
The cheapest fare from Macaé to Petrópolis is €10.08, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.48. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Macaé to Petrópolis?
The cheapest way from Macaé to Petrópolis is by Coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 7m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Macaé to Petrópolis?
Fares from Macaé to Petrópolis bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 164 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Macaé to Petrópolis?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Macaé to Petrópolis, at €11.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 28 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Macaé to Petrópolis?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Macaé to Petrópolis, at €10.07 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Macaé to Petrópolis?
1 operators sell services from Macaé to Petrópolis across 1 modes: Kaissara. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Macaé to Petrópolis?
20 percent of the services we sell from Macaé to Petrópolis are direct. The rest connect at Araruama, Itaboraí, Nova Friburgo, Maricá, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Macaé to Petrópolis use?
Services from Macaé to Petrópolis by Coach leave from Macaé Bus Station and arrive at Rodoviária de Xerém. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Macaé to Petrópolis?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Macaé to Petrópolis allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Macaé to Petrópolis on 9 September 2026: 166 km of route against 144 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.08, and 2h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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