Cheapest€17.23
- Brasil Bus Transportes BB110606:214h 33m10:54Rodoviária de XerémTerminal Petrolândia
Door to door 5h 17mCO2 9.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Petrópolis to Contagem bus
Buses from Petrópolis to Contagem start at €21.08 and take 5h 17m at their fastest.
The Buses from Petrópolis to Contagem starts at €21.08 and takes 5h 17m door to door, run by 2 operators over 345 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 17mDoor to door
- 4h 33mMoving
- €21.08From
- 9.3 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.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Brasil Bus Transportes | €17.23 | 5h 17m |
| Cometa | €18.88 | 5h 18m |
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When to book Petrópolis to Contagem
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €17.2360 days
- €17.7845 days
- €17.7830 days
- €21.6321 days
- €21.6314 days
- €30.437 days
- €48.033 days
- €46.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €48.03, 3 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.
- €25.47Sun
- €21.08Mon
- €21.63Tue
- €21.63Wed
- €25.48Thu
- €24.93Fri
- €25.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Petrópolis
Bus
- Rodoviária de Xerém
- Ponto Final (RAIZ DA SERRA)
Contagem
Bus
- Terminal Petrolândia
- Ponto de controle Santa Edwiges
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 345 km against 300 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, Queimados, Nilópolis, Itaboraí. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 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 Petrópolis at 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Petrópolis to Contagem
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 Petrópolis to Contagem take?
The Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem takes 5h 17m door to door, of which 4h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 345 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 Petrópolis to Contagem cost?
The Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem starts at €21.08 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €24.37. 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 Petrópolis to Contagem?
2 operators run the Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem: Brasil Bus Transportes, Cometa. 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 Petrópolis to Contagem use?
The Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem leaves from Rodoviária de Xerém and arrives at Terminal Petrolândia. 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 Petrópolis to Contagem?
Fares for the Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem produce?
The Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem produces about 9.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 345 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 Petrópolis to Contagem?
Operators on the Coach from Petrópolis to Contagem publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 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 Petrópolis to Contagem on September 9, 2026: 345 km of route against 300 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 5h 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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