Cheapest€85.43
- Expresso Guanabara EG142106:1129h 20m11:31CajuTerminal Realbus
Door to door 30h 4mCO2 55.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro start at €104.68 and take 27h 23m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro starts at €104.68 and takes 27h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,060 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 27h 23mDoor to door
- 26h 39mMoving
- €104.68From
- 55.6 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€106.33
- Expresso Guanabara EG490414:5326h 39m17:32CajuTerminal Realbus
Door to door 27h 23mCO2 55.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lowest CO2€97.53
- Viacao Riodoce VR991907:305h 34m13:04CajuRealeza
- Expresso Guanabara EG880314:1622h 37m12:53RealezaTerminal Realbus
Changes at Manhuaçu, with 72 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 30h 7mCO2 55.6 kgChanges 1Changeable 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €85.43 | 27h 23m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Monteiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Monteiro
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €125.5890 days
- €69.4860 days
- €81.5845 days
- €89.8330 days
- €119.5321 days
- €127.2314 days
- €190.487 days
- €166.833 days
- €294.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 325 percent. The most expensive point is €294.98, 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.
- €122.83Sun
- €104.68Mon
- €107.98Tue
- €111.28Wed
- €134.38Thu
- €127.23Fri
- €133.83Sat
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
Monteiro
Bus
- Terminal Realbus
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
- 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 2,060 km against 1,791 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 Feira de Santana, Caratinga, Teófilo Otoni, Manhuaçu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 06:11 and the last at 14:53, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro
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 Monteiro take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro takes 27h 23m door to door, of which 26h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 2,060 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 Monteiro cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro starts at €104.68 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €101.66. 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 Monteiro?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 6 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 Monteiro use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Realbus. 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 Monteiro?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 325 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 Monteiro produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro produces about 55.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2060 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 Monteiro?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Monteiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 27h 23m 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 Monteiro on September 11, 2026: 2060 km of route against 1791 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €104.68, and 27h 23m 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 Monteiro is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Monteiro
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Monteiro, with free cancellation on most of it.
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