Cheapest€70.03
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG290910:5222h 30m09:22CajuTerminal Rodoviário de Maceió
Door to door 23h 14mCO2 45.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Maceió bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió start at €82.68 and take 22h 48m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió starts at €82.68 and takes 22h 48m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,672 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 22h 48mDoor to door
- 22h 4mMoving
- €82.68From
- 45.1 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.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €70.03 | 22h 26m |
| JS Turismo | €73.88 | 22h 22m |
 Viação | €76.08 | 22h 24m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Maceió is not something we sell.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Maceió
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €77.1890 days
- €56.2860 days
- €66.7345 days
- €70.0330 days
- €88.7321 days
- €114.5814 days
- €138.237 days
- €148.683 days
- €177.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €56.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €177.28, 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.
- €100.83Sun
- €82.68Mon
- €86.53Tue
- €89.28Wed
- €114.58Thu
- €100.28Fri
- €109.63Sat
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
Maceió
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Maceió
- Rotary Bus Terminal
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
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,672 km against 1,672 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 Além Paraíba, Eunápolis, São Gonçalo, Muriaé. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 18:40, across 15 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 | 5h 45m | 2h 35m | 3h 10m | €168.88 | 423.6 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 22h 48m | 22h 4m | 44m | €82.68 | 45.1 kg | 15 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Maceió
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 Maceió take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió takes 22h 48m door to door, of which 22h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 1,672 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 Maceió cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió starts at €82.68 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €84.88. 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 Maceió?
3 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, JS Turismo, Viação. Between them they file around 15 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 Maceió use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Maceió. 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 Maceió?
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió by Flight costs €168.88 and takes 5h 45m door to door, against 22h 48m 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 Maceió?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €56.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 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 Maceió produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió produces about 45.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1672 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 Maceió?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 22h 48m 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 Maceió on September 10, 2026: 1672 km of route against 1672 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €82.68, and 22h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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