Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim start at €43.63 and take 11h 50m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim starts at €43.63 and takes 11h 50m door to door, run by 2 operators over 836 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 11h 50mDoor to door
  • 11h 6mMoving
  • €43.63 to €92.58From
  • 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 22.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€43.63 to €92.58 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €92.58Mon14
  2. about €74.43Tue15
  3. about €81.03Wed16
  4. about €83.23Thu17
  5. about €65.08Fri18
  6. about €82.68Sat19
  7. about €68.93Sun20
  8. about €43.63Mon21
  9. about €46.93Tue22
  10. about €45.28Wed23
  11. about €60.13Thu24
  12. about €52.43Fri25
  13. about €59.58Sat26
  14. about €54.08Sun27

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Cheapest€38.68
  1. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA492306:2611h 6m17:32CajuRodoviária de Itaobim

Door to door 11h 50mCO2 22.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
JS Turismo€43.6311h 41m
Viacao Aguia Branca S A€38.6811h 50m

The bus gets you into Itaobim. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Itaobim for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €50.2390 days
  2. €39.2360 days
  3. €34.8245 days
  4. €31.5330 days
  5. €41.9821 days
  6. €54.0814 days
  7. €68.937 days
  8. €81.033 days
  9. €92.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €92.58, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €54.08Sun
  2. €43.63Mon
  3. €46.93Tue
  4. €49.68Wed
  5. €60.13Thu
  6. €52.43Fri
  7. €59.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rio de Janeiro

Bus
  • Caju
  • INTO

Itaobim

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Itaobim
  • Rodoviária e ponto de apoio
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 836 km against 727 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, Barra Mansa, São Gonçalo, Cachoeira Paulista. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim

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 Itaobim take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim takes 11h 50m door to door, of which 11h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 836 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 Itaobim cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim starts at €43.63 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €50.77. 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 Itaobim?

2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim: JS Turismo, Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Between them they file around 5 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 Itaobim use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Itaobim. 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 Itaobim?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim produce?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim produces about 22.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 836 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 Itaobim?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Itaobim publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 50m 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 Itaobim on September 13, 2026: 836 km of route against 727 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €43.63, and 11h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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