Cheapest€48.58
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG517113:1515h 58m05:13CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Itabuna
Door to door 16h 42mCO2 30.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna start at €57.93 and take 15h 49m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna starts at €57.93 and takes 15h 49m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,141 km, with around 22 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 15h 49mDoor to door
- 15h 5mMoving
- €57.93From
- 30.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€61.23
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG197220:2815h 5m11:33CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Itabuna
Door to door 15h 49mCO2 30.8 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 |
|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €48.58 |
 Viação | €51.33 |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Itabuna is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of Terminal Rodoviário de Itabuna
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.8890 days
- €37.5860 days
- €39.2345 days
- €45.2830 days
- €54.6321 days
- €73.3314 days
- €85.987 days
- €89.833 days
- €131.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 250 percent. The most expensive point is €131.63, 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.
- €69.48Sun
- €57.93Mon
- €60.13Tue
- €61.23Wed
- €79.38Thu
- €73.33Fri
- €71.68Sat
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
Itabuna
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Itabuna
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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,141 km against 992 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 Muriaé, Leopoldina, Manhuaçu, Iúna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:10 and the last at 20:28, across 22 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna
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 Itabuna take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna takes 15h 49m door to door, of which 15h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 1,141 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 Itabuna cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna starts at €57.93 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €59.86. 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 Itabuna?
2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Viação. Between them they file around 22 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 Itabuna use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Itabuna. 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 Itabuna?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 250 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna produces about 30.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1141 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 Itabuna?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itabuna publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 49m 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 Itabuna on September 11, 2026: 1141 km of route against 992 km in a straight line, 22 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €57.93, and 15h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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