Cheapest€23.28
- JS Turismo JS818318:097h 5m01:14CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares
Door to door 7h 49mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares start at €23.28 and take 7h 47m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares starts at €23.28 and takes 7h 47m door to door, run by 4 operators over 539 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 7h 47mDoor to door
- 7h 3mMoving
- €29.33 to €54.08From
- 06:20 to 18:50First and last departure
- 19Per day
- 14.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€29.33 to €54.08 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.
JS Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares 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 €54.08Sun20
- about €43.08Mon21
- about €34.83Tue22
- about €37.03Wed23
- about €46.93Thu24
- about €43.08Fri25
- about €37.03Sat26
- about €35.93Sun27
- about €29.88Mon28
- about €29.33Tue29
- about €30.98Wed30
- about €35.38Thu1
- about €32.63Fri2
- about €29.88Sat3
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 5, 2026
Fastest€32.63
- Viacao Riodoce VR777110:077h 3m17:10CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares
Door to door 7h 47mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| JS Turismo | €23.28 | 7h 47m |
| Riodoce | €26.58 | 7h 46m |
| Viacao Aguia Branca S A | €26.58 | 7h 46m |
| Viacao Riodoce | €23.83 | 7h 47m |
The bus gets you into Governador Valadares. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Governador Valadares for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Governador Valadares station 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 Governador Valadares
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.7890 days
- €20.5360 days
- €19.4345 days
- €20.5330 days
- €28.7821 days
- €29.8814 days
- €37.037 days
- €34.833 days
- €54.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €54.08, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €35.93Sun
- €29.88Mon
- €29.33Tue
- €30.98Wed
- €35.38Thu
- €32.63Fri
- €29.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Governador Valadares
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares
- Lanchonete Niterói
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 539 km against 469 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 Petrópolis, São Gonçalo, Ipatinga, Nova Friburgo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 18:50, across 19 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares
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 Governador Valadares take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares takes 7h 47m door to door, of which 7h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 539 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 Governador Valadares cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares starts at €23.28 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €29.33. 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 Governador Valadares?
4 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares: JS Turismo, Riodoce, Viacao Aguia Branca S A, Viacao Riodoce. Between them they file around 19 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 Governador Valadares use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Governador Valadares. 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 Governador Valadares?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 539 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 Governador Valadares?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Governador Valadares publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 47m 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 Governador Valadares on September 19, 2026: 539 km of route against 469 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 7h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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