Cheapest€104.13
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG744706:1134h 16m16:27Terminal Rodoviário de QuixadáCaju
Door to door 35hCO2 63.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro start at €122.28 and take 35h at their fastest.
The Buses from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro starts at €122.28 and takes 35h door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,350 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 35hDoor to door
- 34h 16mMoving
- €122.28From
- 63.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on October 4, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€114.58
- Real Maia Transportes Terrestres RM269707:307h 49m15:19Terminal Rodoviário de QuixadáRodoviária de Petrolina
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG292116:0522h 44m14:49Rodoviária de PetrolinaCaju
Changes at Petrolina, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 32h 3mCO2 63.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €104.13 | 31h 29m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €123.9390 days
- €123.9360 days
- €84.3345 days
- €85.4330 days
- €104.1321 days
- €127.2314 days
- €139.887 days
- €166.833 days
- €180.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €84.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 114 percent. The most expensive point is €180.58, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €127.23Sun
- €151.43Mon
- €124.48Tue
- €145.38Wed
- €156.38Thu
- €161.33Fri
- €172.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Quixadá
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Quixadá
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
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
- 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 2,350 km against 2,044 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 Petrolina, Governador Valadares, Juazeiro do Norte, Senhor do Bonfim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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 Quixadá at 06:11 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 Quixadá 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro takes 35h door to door, of which 34h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 2,350 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro starts at €122.28 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €114.58. 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro?
1 operators run the Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Quixadá 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €84.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 114 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro produces about 63.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2350 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Quixadá 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 35h 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 Quixadá to Rio de Janeiro on September 13, 2026: 2350 km of route against 2044 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €122.28, and 35h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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