Cheapest€19.98
- Viacao Riodoce VR634212:405h 55m18:35Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de MatosCaju
Door to door 6h 39mCO2 11.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro start at €22.73 and take 6h 16m at their fastest.
The Buses from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro starts at €22.73 and takes 6h 16m door to door, run by 3 operators over 417 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 16mDoor to door
- 5h 32mMoving
- €22.73From
- 11.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€22.18
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA900619:145h 32m00:46Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de MatosCaju
Door to door 6h 16mCO2 11.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| JS Turismo | €21.08 |
| Viacao Aguia Branca S A | €21.08 |
| Viacao Riodoce | €19.98 |
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Where to stay in Rio de Janeiro
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When to book Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €17.2345 days
- €18.8830 days
- €22.7321 days
- €28.2314 days
- €33.737 days
- €34.283 days
- €49.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €49.13, 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.
- €27.68Sun
- €23.28Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €24.38Wed
- €30.43Thu
- €28.23Fri
- €28.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Caratinga
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de Matos
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
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
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 417 km against 363 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 Petrópolis, São Gonçalo, Nova Friburgo, Itaguaí. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Caratinga at 06:28 and the last at 19:35, across 19 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Caratinga 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro takes 6h 16m door to door, of which 5h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 417 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro starts at €22.73 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €26.58. 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro?
3 operators run the Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro: JS Turismo, Viacao Aguia Branca S A, Viacao Riodoce. Between them they file around 19 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de Matos 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro produces about 11.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 417 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 16m 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 Caratinga to Rio de Janeiro on September 11, 2026: 417 km of route against 363 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.73, and 6h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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