Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas start at €76.63 and take 21h 43m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas starts at €76.63 and takes 21h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,537 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 21h 43mDoor to door
  • 20h 59mMoving
  • €76.63From
  • 41.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€76.08
  1. Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT777507:3012h 7m19:37CajuRodoviária de Imbituba
  2. Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha EO507020:518h 26m05:17Rodoviária de ImbitubaTerminal Anglo

Changes at Imbituba, with 74 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 22h 31mCO2 41.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha€76.0820h 41m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Pelotas is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas

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

  1. €95.3390 days
  2. €83.2360 days
  3. €60.1345 days
  4. €63.9830 days
  5. €76.0821 days
  6. €80.4814 days
  7. €107.987 days
  8. €116.783 days
  9. €139.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €60.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €139.88, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €80.48Sun
  2. €79.93Mon
  3. €80.48Tue
  4. €83.78Wed
  5. €118.98Thu
  6. €93.13Fri
  7. €110.73Sat
Terminals

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

Pelotas

Bus
  • Terminal Anglo
  • Terminal Areal
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,537 km against 1,337 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 Tubarão, Florianópolis, Imbituba, Sombrio. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:20 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas

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 Pelotas take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas takes 21h 43m door to door, of which 20h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 1,537 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 Pelotas cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas starts at €76.63 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €79.38. 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 Pelotas?

1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas: Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha. Between them they file around 4 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 Pelotas use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Anglo. 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 Pelotas?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €60.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 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 Pelotas produce?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas produces about 41.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1537 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 Pelotas?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Pelotas publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 43m 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 Pelotas on September 13, 2026: 1537 km of route against 1337 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €76.63, and 21h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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