Cheapest€21.08
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA719611:356h 13m17:48CajuRodoviária de Ipatinga
Door to door 6h 57mCO2 12.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga start at €24.93 and take 6h 38m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga starts at €24.93 and takes 6h 38m door to door, run by 3 operators over 446 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 38mDoor to door
- 5h 54mMoving
- €24.93From
- 12.0 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.
Fastest€28.78
- Viacao Riodoce VR819211:525h 54m17:46CajuRodoviária de Ipatinga
Door to door 6h 38mCO2 12.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Riodoce | €21.63 | 6h 34m |
| Viacao Aguia Branca S A | €21.08 | 6h 34m |
| Viacao Riodoce | €21.08 | 6h 35m |
The bus gets you into Ipatinga. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Ipatinga
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €20.5345 days
- €21.6330 days
- €26.0321 days
- €33.7314 days
- €39.237 days
- €43.633 days
- €50.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €50.23, 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.
- €29.33Sun
- €24.93Mon
- €26.03Tue
- €27.68Wed
- €33.73Thu
- €29.88Fri
- €30.43Sat
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
Ipatinga
Bus
- Rodoviária de Ipatinga
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
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 446 km against 388 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 Nova Friburgo, Juiz de Fora, Petrópolis, São Gonçalo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 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 06:28 and the last at 17:35, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga
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 Ipatinga take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga takes 6h 38m door to door, of which 5h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 446 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 Ipatinga cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga starts at €24.93 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. 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 Ipatinga?
3 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga: Riodoce, Viacao Aguia Branca S A, Viacao Riodoce. Between them they file around 12 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 Ipatinga use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Ipatinga. 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 Ipatinga?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 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 Ipatinga produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga produces about 12.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 446 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 Ipatinga?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Ipatinga publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 38m 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 Ipatinga on September 10, 2026: 446 km of route against 388 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.93, and 6h 38m 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 Ipatinga is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Ipatinga
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