Cheapest€29.88
- Expresso União EU126206:077h 8m13:15Parada GarciaMacaé Bus Station
Door to door 7h 52mCO2 14.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Campinas to Macaé bus
Buses from Campinas to Macaé start at €33.73 and take 7h 52m at their fastest.
The Buses from Campinas to Macaé starts at €33.73 and takes 7h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 545 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 7h 52mDoor to door
- 7h 8mMoving
- €33.73From
- 14.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso União | €29.88 | 7h 51m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Macaé. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Macaé for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Macaé Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Campinas to Macaé
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.6890 days
- €28.7860 days
- €32.0845 days
- €27.6830 days
- €32.0821 days
- €33.7314 days
- €35.937 days
- €67.283 days
- €61.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €27.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is €67.28, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €38.68Sun
- €37.03Mon
- €33.73Tue
- €35.38Wed
- €39.78Thu
- €45.28Fri
- €42.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Campinas
Bus
- Parada Garcia
- Estação Bonfim
Macaé
Bus
- Macaé Bus Station
- Rodoviária de Macaé
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 545 km against 545 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Cabo Frio, Juiz de Fora. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Campinas at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 3 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 22m | 1h 12m | 3h 10m | €64.45 | 138.0 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 7h 52m | 7h 8m | 44m | €33.73 | 14.7 kg | 3 |
Questions about Campinas to Macaé
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 Campinas to Macaé take?
The Coach from Campinas to Macaé takes 7h 52m door to door, of which 7h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 545 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 Campinas to Macaé cost?
The Coach from Campinas to Macaé starts at €33.73 for one passenger, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €35.38. 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 Campinas to Macaé?
1 operators run the Coach from Campinas to Macaé: Expresso União. Between them they file around 3 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 Campinas to Macaé use?
The Coach from Campinas to Macaé leaves from Parada Garcia and arrives at Macaé Bus Station. 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 Campinas to Macaé?
Traveling from Campinas to Macaé by Flight costs €64.45 and takes 4h 22m door to door, against 7h 52m 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 Campinas to Macaé?
Fares for the Coach from Campinas to Macaé bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €27.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 143 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Campinas to Macaé produce?
The Coach from Campinas to Macaé produces about 14.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 545 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 Campinas to Macaé?
Operators on the Coach from Campinas to Macaé publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 52m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Campinas to Macaé on September 8, 2026: 545 km of route against 545 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €33.73, and 7h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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