Macaé to São Mateus bus

Buses from Macaé to São Mateus start at €27.68 and take 8h 29m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Macaé to São Mateus starts at €27.68 and takes 8h 29m door to door, run by 1 operator over 574 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 23, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 29mDoor to door
  • 7h 45mMoving
  • €27.68From
  • 15.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026

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

Cheapest€27.68
  1. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA290114:437h 45m22:28Macaé Bus StationSão Mateus bus station

Door to door 8h 29mCO2 15.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€36.48
  1. Kaissara K332407:302h 20m09:50Macaé Bus StationCaju
  2. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG352811:056h 2m17:07CajuSão Mateus bus station

Changes at Rio de Janeiro, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 21mCO2 14.9 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
Viacao Aguia Branca S A€27.688h 15m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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Booking window

When to book Macaé to São Mateus

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

  1. €24.9390 days
  2. €24.9260 days
  3. €26.5845 days
  4. €32.0830 days
  5. €30.4321 days
  6. €27.6814 days
  7. €37.037 days
  8. €45.833 days
  9. €68.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.92.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €68.38, 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. €39.78Sun
  2. €31.53Mon
  3. €34.28Tue
  4. €30.43Wed
  5. €44.18Thu
  6. €37.03Fri
  7. €41.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Macaé

Bus
  • Macaé Bus Station
  • Rodoviária de Macaé
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 574 km against 499 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, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Macaé at 06:01 and the last at 14:43, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Macaé to São Mateus

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 Macaé to São Mateus take?

The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus takes 8h 29m door to door, of which 7h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 574 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 Macaé to São Mateus cost?

The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus starts at €27.68 for one passenger, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €34.83. 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 Macaé to São Mateus?

1 operators run the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. 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 Macaé to São Mateus use?

The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus leaves from Macaé Bus Station and arrives at São Mateus 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.

When should I book the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus?

Fares for the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.92. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus produce?

The Coach from Macaé to São Mateus produces about 15.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 574 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 Macaé to São Mateus?

Operators on the Coach from Macaé to São Mateus publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 29m 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 Macaé to São Mateus on September 9, 2026: 574 km of route against 499 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 8h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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