Cheapest€31.53
- Expresso União EU643006:4310h 52m17:35CajuTerminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas
Door to door 11h 36mCO2 21.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros start at €35.38 and take 11h 11m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros starts at €35.38 and takes 11h 11m door to door, run by 2 operators over 793 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 11h 11mDoor to door
- 10h 27mMoving
- €35.38 to €83.78From
- 06:40 to 14:30First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 21.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€35.38 to €83.78 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
- about €69.48Wed16
- about €83.78Thu17
- about €61.23Fri18
- about €67.28Sat19
- about €72.23Sun20
- about €52.98Mon21
- about €49.12Tue22
- about €44.73Wed23
- about €60.12Thu24
- about €52.43Fri25
- about €59.03Sat26
- about €60.68Sun27
- about €50.77Mon28
- about €35.38Tue29
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Fastest€51.33
- Cometa C741007:304h 58m12:28CajuEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
- Azul A838313:4955m14:44Belo Horizonte CNFMontes Claros MOC
Changes at Belo Horizonte, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 9h 11mCO2 99.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso União | €31.53 | 11h 3m |
| Transnorte | €35.38 | 11h 2m |
The bus gets you into Montes Claros. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Montes Claros for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.8390 days
- €33.1860 days
- €34.8345 days
- €45.2830 days
- €31.5321 days
- €35.3814 days
- €49.127 days
- €61.233 days
- €69.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €31.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €69.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €60.68Sun
- €50.77Mon
- €35.38Tue
- €44.73Wed
- €60.12Thu
- €52.43Fri
- €59.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Montes Claros
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 793 km against 690 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 Aparecida, Petrópolis, Franca, Belo Horizonte. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:40 and the last at 14:30, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros
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 Montes Claros take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros takes 11h 11m door to door, of which 10h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 793 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 Montes Claros cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros starts at €35.38 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €44.73. 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 Montes Claros?
2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros: Expresso União, Transnorte. Between them they file around 8 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 Montes Claros use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas. 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 Montes Claros?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €31.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros produces about 21.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 793 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 Montes Claros?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Montes Claros publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 11m 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 Montes Claros on September 15, 2026: 793 km of route against 690 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €35.38, and 11h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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