Cheapest€36.48
- Expresso União EU549006:4312h 58m19:41CajuTerminal Rodoviária de Caldas Novas
Door to door 13h 42mCO2 25.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas start at €36.48 and take 13h 26m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas starts at €36.48 and takes 13h 26m door to door, run by 2 operators over 928 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 13h 26mDoor to door
- 12h 42mMoving
- €49.13 to €89.28From
- 06:36 to 14:30First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 25.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€49.13 to €89.28 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Expresso União runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €86.53Fri18
- about €89.28Sat19
- about €77.18Sun20
- about €65.08Mon21
- about €63.98Tue22
- about €70.03Wed23
- about €71.68Thu24
- about €61.23Fri25
- about €60.13Sat26
- about €60.68Sun27
- about €49.13Mon28
- about €55.73Tue29
- about €54.08Wed30
- about €50.23Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Fastest€52.98
- Real Expresso RE946414:2312h 42m03:05CajuTerminal Rodoviária de Caldas Novas
Door to door 13h 26mCO2 25.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso União | €36.48 | 12h 51m |
| Real Expresso | €39.78 | 12h 48m |
The bus gets you into Caldas Novas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Caldas Novas for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviária de Caldas Novas and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €41.9890 days
- €30.9860 days
- €40.8745 days
- €44.1730 days
- €49.6821 days
- €50.2314 days
- €71.687 days
- €77.183 days
- €86.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €86.53, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €60.68Sun
- €49.13Mon
- €55.73Tue
- €54.08Wed
- €50.23Thu
- €61.23Fri
- €60.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Caldas Novas
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviária de Caldas Novas
What the journey looks like
- 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 928 km against 807 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 Araguari, Monte Carmelo, Volta Redonda, Patrocínio. 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 Rio de Janeiro at 06:36 and the last at 14:30, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas
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 Caldas Novas take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas takes 13h 26m door to door, of which 12h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 928 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 Caldas Novas cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas starts at €36.48 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €41.16. 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 Caldas Novas?
2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas: Expresso União, Real Expresso. Between them they file around 8 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 Caldas Novas use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviária de Caldas Novas. 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 Caldas Novas?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas produces about 25.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 928 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 Caldas Novas?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 26m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
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 Caldas Novas on September 17, 2026: 928 km of route against 807 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €36.48, and 13h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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