Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava start at €17.78 and take 4h 53m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava starts at €17.78 and takes 4h 53m door to door, run by 2 operators over 298 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 53mDoor to door
  • 4h 9mMoving
  • €17.78From
  • 8.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€16.13
  1. Viação Sampaio VS532306:164h 18m10:34CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Caçapava

Door to door 5h 2mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€17.23
  1. JS Turismo JS716814:484h 9m18:57CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Caçapava

Door to door 4h 53mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Changeable 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.
OperatorFrom
JS Turismo€16.68
Viação Sampaio€16.13

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Caçapava is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava

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

  1. €19.4390 days
  2. €12.8360 days
  3. €13.3845 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €21.0814 days
  7. €28.787 days
  8. €25.483 days
  9. €40.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 214 percent. The most expensive point is €40.33, 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. €22.18Sun
  2. €17.78Mon
  3. €18.88Tue
  4. €18.88Wed
  5. €24.93Thu
  6. €21.08Fri
  7. €25.48Sat
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

Caçapava

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Caçapava
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Jambeiro
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 298 km against 259 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 São Gonçalo, Barra Mansa, Volta Redonda, Caxambu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:16 and the last at 14:48, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava

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 Caçapava take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava takes 4h 53m door to door, of which 4h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 298 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 Caçapava cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava starts at €17.78 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €18.88. 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 Caçapava?

2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava: JS Turismo, Viação Sampaio. Between them they file around 7 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 Caçapava use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Caçapava. 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 Caçapava?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 214 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava produces about 8.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 298 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 Caçapava?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caçapava publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 53m 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 Caçapava on September 11, 2026: 298 km of route against 259 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.78, and 4h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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