Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro bus

Buses from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro start at €83.23 and take 23h 17m at their fastest.

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Stunning aerial view capturing Sugarloaf Mountain and Rio de Janeiro's vibrant cityscape.

The Buses from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro starts at €83.23 and takes 23h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,579 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 23h 17mDoor to door
  • 22h 33mMoving
  • €83.23From
  • 42.6 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€68.93
  1. Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo UU505006:0223h 14m05:16IpirangaCaju

Door to door 23h 58mCO2 42.6 kgChanges 0Changeable 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
Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo€68.9321h 10m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

Rio de Janeiro is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Rio de Janeiro

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Booking window

When to book Cuiabá 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. €87.0890 days
  2. €61.7860 days
  3. €65.6345 days
  4. €70.5830 days
  5. €83.2321 days
  6. €133.2814 days
  7. €161.337 days
  8. €160.783 days
  9. €209.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €209.18, 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. €125.03Sun
  2. €93.68Mon
  3. €94.23Tue
  4. €83.23Wed
  5. €133.28Thu
  6. €101.38Fri
  7. €104.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Cuiabá

Bus
  • Ipiranga
  • Alencastro

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
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,579 km against 1,579 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 Guaíra, Rondonópolis, Mineiros, Alto Araguaia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Cuiabá at 06:02 and the last at 14:43, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 43m2h 33m3h 10m€119.91400.2 kg2
Coach23h 17m22h 33m44m€83.2342.6 kg5

Questions about Cuiabá 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro take?

The Coach from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro takes 23h 17m door to door, of which 22h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 1,579 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro cost?

The Coach from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro starts at €83.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €91.48. 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro?

1 operators run the Coach from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro: Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. Between them they file around 5 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro use?

The Coach from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Ipiranga 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro?

Traveling from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro by Flight costs €119.91 and takes 5h 43m door to door, against 23h 17m 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro?

Fares for the Coach from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro produces about 42.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1579 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro?

Operators on the Coach from Cuiabá 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 23h 17m 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 Cuiabá to Rio de Janeiro on September 10, 2026: 1579 km of route against 1579 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €83.23, and 23h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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