Macaé to São José dos Campos runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 14:30. One passenger pays between €21.08 and €26.03, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 12m over 494 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€21.08 to €26.03
- 141%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Macaé
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:43First departure
- 14:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Expresso União runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Macaé 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 €50.78Wed16
- about €53.53Thu17
- about €48.58Fri18
- about €42.53Sat19
- about €38.13Sun20
- about €35.38Mon21
- about €35.93Tue22
- about €30.43Wed23
- about €37.03Thu24
- about €33.73Fri25
- about €32.63Sat26
- about €32.08Sun27
- about €26.03Mon28
- about €30.43Tue29
- about €28.78Wed30
- about €28.23Thu1
- about €26.58Fri2
- about €27.13Sat3
- about €27.13Sun4
- about €21.63Mon5
- about €21.08Tue6
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 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 Macaé 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.
- €23.2890 days
- €22.1860 days
- €22.7345 days
- €23.8330 days
- €21.0821 days
- €30.4314 days
- €35.937 days
- €48.583 days
- €50.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 141 percent. The dearest point is €50.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Macaé to São José dos Campos and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
494 km
430 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
264,439 → 727,078
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 494 km against 430 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 Rio de Janeiro, Itaboraí, Niterói, São Gonçalo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
The fare from SJK into São José dos Campos is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in São José dos Campos
Settled in advance, so the ride into São José dos Campos costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near São José dos Campos railway station
Most of the points near São José dos Campos railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Macaé 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 it take to get from Macaé to São José dos Campos?
The fastest journey from Macaé to São José dos Campos takes 7h 12m door to door, of which 6h 30m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 7h 37m, 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 São José dos Campos?
The cheapest fare from Macaé to São José dos Campos is €21.08, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.78. 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 São José dos Campos?
The cheapest way from Macaé to São José dos Campos is by coach, at €26.03 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 14m 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 São José dos Campos?
Fares from Macaé to São José dos Campos bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €21.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 141 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Macaé to São José dos Campos?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Macaé to São José dos Campos, at €26.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 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 São José dos Campos?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Macaé to São José dos Campos, at €19.97 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 São José dos Campos?
1 operators sell services from Macaé to São José dos Campos across 1 mode: Expresso União. 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 São José dos Campos?
33 percent of the services we sell from Macaé to São José dos Campos are direct. The rest connect at Rio de Janeiro, Itaboraí, Niterói, São Gonçalo, with about 50 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 São José dos Campos use?
Services from Macaé to São José dos Campos by coach leave from Macaé Bus Station and arrive at Eco. 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 São José dos Campos?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Macaé to São José dos Campos 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
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Macaé to São José dos Campos on 15 September 2026: 494 km of route against 430 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 7h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in São José dos Campos is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of São José dos Campos and across Brazil
Day trips that leave São José dos Campos in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Macaé reaches 37 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 61 to 1,371 km. São José dos Campos reaches 222 places in 1 countries, from 49 to 2,304 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Macaé
- 37Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in São José dos Campos
Leaving São José dos Campos
- 222Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 31Operators