Cheapest€15.58
- Viacao Cometa S A VC146520:134h 50m01:03Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE MetropolitanoCaju
Door to door 5h 34mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro start at €15.58 and take 5h 15m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro starts at €15.58 and takes 5h 15m door to door, run by 4 operators over 341 km, with around 48 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 15mDoor to door
- 4h 31mMoving
- €19.43 to €34.83From
- 06:08 to 21:31First and last departure
- 48Per day
- 9.2 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.
€19.43 to €34.83 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.
Viacao Cometa S A runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €34.83Fri18
- about €34.83Sat19
- about €27.13Sun20
- about €23.83Mon21
- about €23.28Tue22
- about €24.93Wed23
- about €24.93Thu24
- about €23.28Fri25
- about €23.83Sat26
- about €22.73Sun27
- about €19.98Mon28
- about €19.43Tue29
- about €20.53Wed30
- about €20.53Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Cometa | €16.13 | 5h 14m |
| Útil | €16.13 | 5h 13m |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €16.13 | 5h 13m |
| Viacao Cometa S A | €15.58 | 5h 13m |
The bus 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 bus gets in
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When to book Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €13.3860 days
- €15.0345 days
- €17.2330 days
- €19.9821 days
- €20.5314 days
- €24.937 days
- €27.133 days
- €34.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €34.83, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.73Sun
- €19.98Mon
- €19.43Tue
- €20.53Wed
- €20.53Thu
- €23.28Fri
- €23.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Belo Horizonte
Bus
- Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
- Atalaia
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 341 km against 341 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Belo Horizonte at 06:08 and the last at 21:31, across 48 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 86.3 kg | 24 |
| Coach | 5h 15m | 4h 31m | 44m | €15.58 | 9.2 kg | 48 |
Questions about Belo Horizonte 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 Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro takes 5h 15m door to door, of which 4h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 341 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 Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro starts at €15.58 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €18.88. 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 Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro?
4 operators run the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro: Cometa, Útil, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo, Viacao Cometa S A. Between them they file around 48 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 Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro?
Traveling from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro by Flight costs €33.18 and takes 4h 1m door to door, against 5h 15m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 341 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 Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 15m 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 Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro on September 17, 2026: 341 km of route against 341 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 5h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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