Cheapest€68.93
- Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo UU907406:0222h 13m04:15CajuIpiranga
Door to door 22h 57mCO2 42.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá start at €83.23 and take 22h 57m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá starts at €83.23 and takes 22h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,579 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 22h 57mDoor to door
- 22h 13mMoving
- €83.23From
- 42.6 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €68.93 | 21h 11m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Cuiabá is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Cuiabá
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €85.4390 days
- €61.7860 days
- €65.6345 days
- €70.5830 days
- €83.2321 days
- €126.6814 days
- €161.337 days
- €160.783 days
- €209.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €209.18, 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.
- €126.13Sun
- €93.68Mon
- €102.48Tue
- €83.23Wed
- €126.68Thu
- €101.38Fri
- €104.68Sat
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
Cuiabá
Bus
- Ipiranga
- Alencastro
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,579 km against 1,579 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alto Araguaia, Mineiros, Rondonópolis, Guaíra. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:02 and the last at 14:43, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 44m | 2h 34m | 3h 10m | €196.61 | 400.2 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 22h 57m | 22h 13m | 44m | €83.23 | 42.6 kg | 6 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá
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 Cuiabá take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá takes 22h 57m door to door, of which 22h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 1,579 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 Cuiabá cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá starts at €83.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €97.81. 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 Cuiabá?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá: Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá leaves from Caju and arrives at Ipiranga. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá?
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá by Flight costs €196.61 and takes 5h 44m door to door, against 22h 57m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá produces about 42.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1579 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 Cuiabá?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Cuiabá publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 22h 57m 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 Cuiabá on September 10, 2026: 1579 km of route against 1579 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €83.23, and 22h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Cuiabá is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Cuiabá
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Cuiabá on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
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