Cheapest€21.08
- Viacao Cometa S A VC977806:235h 42m12:05CajuRodoviária de Poços de Caldas
Door to door 6h 26mCO2 11.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas start at €25.48 and take 6h 26m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas starts at €25.48 and takes 6h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 424 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 26mDoor to door
- 5h 42mMoving
- €25.48 to €55.18From
- 06:23 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 11.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€25.48 to €55.18 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 €40.88Tue15
- about €38.68Wed16
- about €55.18Thu17
- about €39.23Fri18
- about €37.03Sat19
- about €37.58Sun20
- about €32.08Mon21
- about €26.58Tue22
- about €26.03Wed23
- about €37.58Thu24
- about €29.88Fri25
- about €41.43Sat26
- about €28.23Sun27
- about €25.48Mon28
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 5, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacao Cometa S A | €21.08 | 6h 21m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Poços de Caldas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Poços de Caldas for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.2390 days
- €21.0860 days
- €25.4845 days
- €19.9830 days
- €21.0821 days
- €25.4814 days
- €32.087 days
- €55.183 days
- €40.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 176 percent. The most expensive point is €55.18, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €28.23Sun
- €25.48Mon
- €26.58Tue
- €26.03Wed
- €37.58Thu
- €29.88Fri
- €37.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Poços de Caldas
Bus
- Rodoviária de Poços de Caldas
- Mini Terminal
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 424 km against 369 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 São Paulo, Guarulhos, Lorena, Campinas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:23 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 Poços de Caldas
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 Poços de Caldas take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas takes 6h 26m door to door, of which 5h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 424 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 Poços de Caldas cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas starts at €25.48 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €25.48. 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 Poços de Caldas?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas: Viacao Cometa 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 Poços de Caldas use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Poços de Caldas. 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 Poços de Caldas?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 176 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas produces about 11.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 424 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 Poços de Caldas?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Poços de Caldas publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 26m 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 Poços de Caldas on September 14, 2026: 424 km of route against 369 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 6h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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