Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti bus

Buses from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti start at €24.92 and take 8h 28m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti starts at €24.92 and takes 8h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 533 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 28mDoor to door
  • 7h 44mMoving
  • €29.33 to €54.08From
  • 06:21 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 18.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€29.33 to €54.08 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Governador Valadares and São João de Meriti.

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Riodoce runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €54.08Mon21
  2. about €50.78Tue22
  3. about €52.98Wed23
  4. about €51.33Thu24
  5. about €48.58Fri25
  6. about €49.13Sat26
  7. about €45.83Sun27
  8. about €29.33Mon28
  9. about €33.18Tue29
  10. about €38.13Wed30
  11. about €39.78Thu1
  12. about €37.03Fri2
  13. about €36.48Sat3
  14. about €37.58Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€24.92
  1. Riodoce R232207:305h 45m13:15Terminal Rodoviário de Governador ValadaresRodoviária de Juiz de Fora - Miguel Mansur
  2. Cometa C845614:111h 51m16:02Rodoviária de Juiz de Fora - Miguel MansurGuadalupe

Changes at Juiz de Fora, with 56 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 16mCO2 18.4 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€28.23
  1. Riodoce R291206:217h 44m14:05Terminal Rodoviário de Governador ValadaresGuadalupe

Door to door 8h 28mCO2 18.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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
Riodoce€26.587h 47m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into São João de Meriti. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in São João de Meriti for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Pavuna/São João de Meriti and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €32.0790 days
  2. €26.0360 days
  3. €24.3745 days
  4. €22.7230 days
  5. €26.5821 days
  6. €37.5814 days
  7. €45.837 days
  8. €52.983 days
  9. €54.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.72.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 138 percent. The most expensive point is €54.08, 1 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.
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. €37.58Sun
  2. €29.33Mon
  3. €33.18Tue
  4. €38.13Wed
  5. €39.78Thu
  6. €37.03Fri
  7. €36.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Governador Valadares

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares
  • Lanchonete Niterói

São João de Meriti

Bus
  • Guadalupe
  • Vila Militar
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 533 km against 464 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 Juiz de Fora, Nova Friburgo, Ipatinga, Itaboraí. 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 Governador Valadares at 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti

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 Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti take?

The Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti takes 8h 28m door to door, of which 7h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 533 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 Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti cost?

The Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti starts at €24.92 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €28.77. 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 Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti?

1 operators run the Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti: Riodoce. 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 Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti use?

The Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares and arrives at Guadalupe. 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 Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti?

Fares for the Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.72. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti produce?

The Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti produces about 18.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 533 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti?

Operators on the Coach from Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 28m 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Governador Valadares to São João de Meriti on September 20, 2026: 533 km of route against 464 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €24.92, and 8h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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