Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz start at €32.63 and take 8h 39m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz starts at €32.63 and takes 8h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 525 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 39mDoor to door
  • 7h 55mMoving
  • €32.63From
  • 14.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 2, 2026

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

Cheapest€27.13
  1. Kaissara K701907:303h 30m11:00CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Campos dos Goytacazes
  2. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA835812:424h 8m16:50Terminal Rodoviário de Campos dos GoytacazesRodoviária de Aracruz

Changes at Campos dos Goytacazes, with 102 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 4mCO2 13.7 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€28.237h 36m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

Aracruz is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Aricanga station

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz

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

  1. €34.2890 days
  2. €21.6360 days
  3. €20.5345 days
  4. €22.7330 days
  5. €31.5321 days
  6. €39.2314 days
  7. €45.827 days
  8. €49.133 days
  9. €57.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €57.93, 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.
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. €38.67Sun
  2. €32.63Mon
  3. €32.63Tue
  4. €35.93Wed
  5. €40.33Thu
  6. €40.88Fri
  7. €39.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Rio de Janeiro

Bus
  • Caju
  • INTO

Aracruz

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Aracruz
  • Rodoviária de João Neiva
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
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 525 km against 457 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 Colatina, Vila Velha, Vitória, Campos dos Goytacazes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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 Rio de Janeiro at 06:24 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz

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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz takes 8h 39m door to door, of which 7h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 525 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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz starts at €32.63 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €39.23. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz?

1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Between them they file around 4 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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Aracruz. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 182 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz produces about 14.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 525 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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 39m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Aracruz on September 12, 2026: 525 km of route against 457 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.63, and 8h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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