Cheapest€39.23
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT777314:1213h 1m03:13Antiga Rodoferroviária de BrasíliaCaju
Door to door 13h 45mCO2 25.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Brasília to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro start at €46.93 and take 12h 57m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Brasília to Rio de Janeiro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro starts at €46.93 and takes 12h 57m door to door, run by 2 operators over 936 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 12h 57mDoor to door
- 12h 13mMoving
- €46.93 to €95.88From
- 06:41 to 21:09First and last departure
- 24Per day
- 25.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€46.93 to €95.88 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
- about €82.68Tue15
- about €75.53Wed16
- about €95.88Thu17
- about €72.23Fri18
- about €74.98Sat19
- about €68.93Sun20
- about €59.03Mon21
- about €46.93Tue22
- about €51.33Wed23
- about €63.98Thu24
- about €59.58Fri25
- about €60.13Sat26
- about €55.18Sun27
- about €48.03Mon28
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 5, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €39.23 |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €39.78 |
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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.7390 days
- €38.1360 days
- €43.6345 days
- €34.8330 days
- €39.2321 days
- €48.0314 days
- €59.037 days
- €95.883 days
- €82.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 175 percent. The most expensive point is €95.88, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €55.18Sun
- €48.03Mon
- €46.93Tue
- €51.33Wed
- €63.98Thu
- €59.58Fri
- €60.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Brasília
Bus
- Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília
- Terminal da Asa Sul
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 936 km against 936 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 Brasília at 06:41 and the last at 21:09, across 24 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 48m | 1h 38m | 3h 10m | €95.72 | 237.1 kg | 24 |
| Coach | 12h 57m | 12h 13m | 44m | €46.93 | 25.3 kg | 24 |
Questions about Brasília 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro takes 12h 57m door to door, of which 12h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 936 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro starts at €46.93 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €47.21. 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
2 operators run the Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro: Transportadora Turistica Suzano, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. Between them they file around 24 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
Traveling from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro by Flight costs €95.72 and takes 4h 48m door to door, against 12h 57m 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 175 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro produces about 25.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 936 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Brasília to Rio de Janeiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 57m 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 Brasília to Rio de Janeiro on September 14, 2026: 936 km of route against 936 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €46.93, and 12h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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