Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro runs about 19 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 17:23. One passenger pays €10.07, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 29m over 51 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.07, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€10.07
When it runs, leaving Petrópolis
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.
- 06:13First departure
- 17:23Last departure
- 19Services per day
- 79%Run direct
Cidade do Aço runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro 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 €10.07Tue15
- about €10.07Wed16
- about €10.07Thu17
- about €10.07Fri18
- about €10.07Sat19
- about €10.07Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
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 Rio de Janeiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Estação Penha and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.073 days
- €10.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. The dearest point is €10.07, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro 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
51 km
45 km as the crow flies, 13% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
294,926 → 6,747,815
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 51 km against 45 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Seropédica, Paracambi, Japeri, Queimados. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 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.
Rio de Janeiro is large, and the road in from GIG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Rio de Janeiro
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rio de Janeiro 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 Estação Penha
Most of the points near Estação Penha open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro
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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest journey from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro takes 1h 29m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 1h 33m, 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest fare from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro is €10.07, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €10.07. 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest way from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on 15 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 30m 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 0 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro, at €10.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro, 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
5 operators sell services from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro across 1 mode: Cidade do Aço, Cometa, Kaissara, Riodoce, Útil. 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
79 percent of the services we sell from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro are direct. The rest connect at Seropédica, Paracambi, Japeri, Queimados, with about 67 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro use?
Services from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro by coach leave from Rodoviária de Xerém and arrive at Caju. 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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro?
5 of the 5 operators we sell from Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro 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.
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.
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 Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro on 14 September 2026: 51 km of route against 45 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Rio de Janeiro a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Rio de Janeiro in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Petrópolis reaches 68 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 915 km. Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries, from 16 to 11,870 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Petrópolis
- 68Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 18Operators
Arriving in Rio de Janeiro
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators