Travel to Rio de Janeiro
Every way to reach Rio de Janeiro: 4 modes compared, with fares.
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Rio de Janeiro is reachable from 412 places across 21 countries by 4 modes, on services run by 74 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 11m door to door. The nearest origin is 16 km away.
How people reach Rio de Janeiro
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4 | €11.88 | 1h 11m | 56 km | 1 |
| Coach | 760 | €10.07 | 1h 29m | 3,463 km | 42 |
| Flight | 104 | €39.08 | 4h 2m | 11,870 km | 30 |
| Ferry | 2 | €11.88 | 2h 19m | 16 km | 1 |
- €10.07 to €39.08Fare range
- 412Places you can arrive from
- 21Countries
- 74Operators
€10.07 to €39.08 for one passenger across the 4 routes priced below, all of them on 4 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
The train 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 train 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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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 62 | 7% | São Gonçalo, 16 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 264 | 30% | Lorena, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 283 | 33% | Guaíra, 603 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 261 | 30% | Jeremoabo, 1516 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 820 | 94% |
| United States | 11 | 1% |
| Argentina | 5 | 1% |
| Portugal | 4 | 0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0% |
| Angola | 2 | 0% |
| Canada | 2 | 0% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0% |
| Chile | 2 | 0% |
| Colombia | 2 | 0% |
| Spain | 2 | 0% |
| France | 2 | 0% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0% |
| Panama | 2 | 0% |
| Peru | 2 | 0% |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0% |
| Germany | 1 | 0% |
| Italy | 1 | 0% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0% |
Stations, airports and ports in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
- Estação Penha
- Estação Ramos
- São Cristóvão
- Caju
- INTO
- GIG
- SDU
- Charitas
- Ilha Fiscal
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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The cheapest journeys into Rio de Janeiro
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queimados to Rio de Janeiro bus | €10.07 | 1h 29m | 44 km |
| Petrópolis to Rio de Janeiro bus | €10.07 | 1h 30m | 45 km |
| Juiz de Fora to Rio de Janeiro bus | €10.08 | 2h 43m | 128 km |
| Leopoldina to Rio de Janeiro bus | €11.73 | 3h 14m | 163 km |
| Queimados to Rio de Janeiro train | €11.88 | 1h 11m | 44 km |
| São Gonçalo to Rio de Janeiro ferry | €11.88 | 2h 19m | 16 km |
| Japeri to Rio de Janeiro train | €11.89 | 1h 17m | 56 km |
| Barbacena to Rio de Janeiro bus | €12.83 | 3h 46m | 197 km |
| Aparecida to Rio de Janeiro bus | €13.93 | 3h 56m | 210 km |
| Muriaé to Rio de Janeiro bus | €13.93 | 4h 1m | 215 km |
| São José dos Campos to Rio de Janeiro bus | €15.58 | 4h 25m | 278 km |
| Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro bus | €15.58 | 4h 26m | 243 km |
| Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro bus | €17.78 | 5h 14m | 341 km |
| São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro bus | €18.88 | 5h 28m | 360 km |
| Campinas to Rio de Janeiro bus | €20.53 | 5h 58m | 397 km |
| Guarulhos to Rio de Janeiro bus | €20.53 | 6h 4m | 348 km |
The train 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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Popular journeys to Rio de Janeiro
Common questions about Travel to Rio de Janeiro
How can I get to Rio de Janeiro?
Rio de Janeiro is reachable by 4 modes on our network, from 412 places, across 21 countries, on services run by 74 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Rio de Janeiro?
The cheapest way into Rio de Janeiro is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 412 origins we sell into Rio de Janeiro over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Rio de Janeiro?
The fastest journey into Rio de Janeiro is by train, at 1h 11m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 16 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Rio de Janeiro have?
Rio de Janeiro has 9 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 2 airports. Among them are Estação Penha, Estação Ramos, São Cristóvão. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Rio de Janeiro from within 200 km?
62 of the routes we sell into Rio de Janeiro start within 200 km. The nearest is São Gonçalo, 16 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil?
Rio de Janeiro connects to 412 places on our network across 21 countries the furthest of them 11,870 km away in a straight line. Brazil routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around 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.
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.
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Elsewhere in Brazil
The wider region
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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