Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro bus

Buses from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro start at €57.38 and take 17h 49m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro starts at €57.38 and takes 17h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,194 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 49mDoor to door
  • 17h 5mMoving
  • €57.38 to €131.08From
  • 06:25 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 32.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€57.38 to €131.08 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

  1. about €116.23Wed16
  2. about €131.08Thu17
  3. about €99.18Fri18
  4. about €105.78Sat19
  5. about €87.08Sun20
  6. about €83.78Mon21
  7. about €62.88Tue22
  8. about €70.58Wed23
  9. about €90.38Thu24
  10. about €83.23Fri25
  11. about €82.13Sat26
  12. about €74.43Sun27
  13. about €79.93Mon28
  14. about €57.38Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€49.68
  1. Expresso Adamantina EA100607:304h 19m11:49Terminal RodoviárioAracatuba bus station
  2. Empresas Reunidas Paulista de Transportes ER229712:5412h 20m01:14Aracatuba bus stationCaju

Changes at Araçatuba, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 18h 28mCO2 32.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€61.23
  1. Expresso Adamantina EA228107:302h 44m10:14Terminal RodoviárioAndradina bus station
  2. Expresso Adamantina EA734411:0513h 27m00:32Andradina bus stationCaju

Changes at Andradina, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 17h 46mCO2 32.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Expresso Adamantina€51.8816h 11m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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A room in Rio de Janeiro for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €61.2390 days
  2. €54.6360 days
  3. €51.8845 days
  4. €70.0330 days
  5. €49.6821 days
  6. €57.3814 days
  7. €62.887 days
  8. €99.183 days
  9. €116.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €49.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 134 percent. The most expensive point is €116.23, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €74.43Sun
  2. €79.93Mon
  3. €57.38Tue
  4. €70.58Wed
  5. €90.38Thu
  6. €83.23Fri
  7. €82.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Água Clara

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário

Rio de Janeiro

Bus
  • Caju
  • INTO
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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 1,194 km against 1,038 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 Andradina, São Carlos, Araçatuba, Araraquara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Água Clara at 06:25 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.

Questions about Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro take?

The Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro takes 17h 49m door to door, of which 17h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 1,194 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 Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro cost?

The Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro starts at €57.38 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €54.63. 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 Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro?

1 operators run the Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro: Expresso Adamantina. Between them they file around 5 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 Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro use?

The Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Terminal Rodoviário and arrives at Caju. 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 Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro?

Fares for the Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €49.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 134 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro produce?

The Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro produces about 32.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1194 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro?

Operators on the Coach from Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 49m 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 Água Clara to Rio de Janeiro on September 15, 2026: 1194 km of route against 1038 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €57.38, and 17h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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