Crateús to Rio de Janeiro bus

Buses from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro start at €119.53 and take 31h 27m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro starts at €119.53 and takes 31h 27m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,288 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 31h 27mDoor to door
  • 30h 43mMoving
  • €119.53From
  • 61.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€107.43
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG359307:303h 43m11:13Terminal Jardel Cavalcante RibeiroTerminal Rodoviário de Picos
  2. Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT253912:3130h 7m18:38Terminal Rodoviário de PicosCaju

Changes at Picos, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 35h 52mCO2 62.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€115.68
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG956614:4730h 43m21:30Terminal Jardel Cavalcante RibeiroCaju

Door to door 31h 27mCO2 61.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€125.03
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG652807:3025h 17m08:47Terminal Jardel Cavalcante RibeiroEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
  2. Cometa C296509:524h 36m14:28Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE MetropolitanoCaju

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

Door to door 31h 42mCO2 61.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€115.1330h 16m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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Booking window

When to book Crateús 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. €115.1390 days
  2. €76.0860 days
  3. €84.8845 days
  4. €76.6330 days
  5. €118.4321 days
  6. €125.0314 days
  7. €160.787 days
  8. €169.033 days
  9. €223.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €76.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €223.48, 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.
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. €134.93Sun
  2. €125.03Mon
  3. €119.53Tue
  4. €134.93Wed
  5. €153.08Thu
  6. €162.98Fri
  7. €125.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Crateús

Bus
  • Terminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro
  • Terminal Rodoviário

Rio de Janeiro

Bus
  • Caju
  • INTO
The journey

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 2,288 km against 1,990 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 Belo Horizonte, Picos, Petrolina, Governador Valadares. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Crateús at 06:34 and the last at 14:47, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Crateús 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 Crateús to Rio de Janeiro take?

The Coach from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro takes 31h 27m door to door, of which 30h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 2,288 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 Crateús to Rio de Janeiro cost?

The Coach from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro starts at €119.53 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €123.11. 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 Crateús to Rio de Janeiro?

1 operators run the Coach from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 6 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 Crateús to Rio de Janeiro use?

The Coach from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Terminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro 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 Crateús to Rio de Janeiro?

Fares for the Coach from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €76.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Crateús to Rio de Janeiro produces about 61.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2288 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 Crateús to Rio de Janeiro?

Operators on the Coach from Crateús 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 31h 27m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Crateús to Rio de Janeiro on September 12, 2026: 2288 km of route against 1990 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €119.53, and 31h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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