Cheapest€33.18
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT912611:4610h 47m22:33CajuTerminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis
Door to door 11h 31mCO2 20.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis start at €38.68 and take 10h 30m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis starts at €38.68 and takes 10h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 750 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 10h 30mDoor to door
- 9h 46mMoving
- €38.68From
- 20.3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha | €33.73 | 10h 29m |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €33.18 | 10h 30m |
The trip ends at Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Florianópolis for the night the bus gets in
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 Florianópolis
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1390 days
- €24.9360 days
- €28.7845 days
- €31.5330 days
- €38.6821 days
- €41.4314 days
- €49.687 days
- €50.783 days
- €73.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €73.33, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €45.28Sun
- €39.23Mon
- €38.68Tue
- €41.43Wed
- €50.78Thu
- €41.43Fri
- €48.58Sat
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
Florianópolis
Bus
- Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis
- Terminal Rodoviário Rita Maria
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
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 750 km against 750 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 Guaratuba, Petrópolis, Santos, Jacareí. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 06:20 and the last at 19:27, across 16 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 | 4h 34m | 1h 24m | 3h 10m | €80.97 | 190.2 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 10h 30m | 9h 46m | 44m | €38.68 | 20.3 kg | 16 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis
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 Florianópolis take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis takes 10h 30m door to door, of which 9h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 750 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 Florianópolis cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis starts at €38.68 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €43.08. 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 Florianópolis?
2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis: Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 16 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 Florianópolis use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis. 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 Florianópolis?
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis by Flight costs €80.97 and takes 4h 34m door to door, against 10h 30m 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 Florianópolis?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 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 Florianópolis produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis produces about 20.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 750 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 Florianópolis?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 30m 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 Florianópolis on September 11, 2026: 750 km of route against 750 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.68, and 10h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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