Cheapest€44.18
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT847513:1014h 39m03:49CajuBus Station
Door to door 15h 23mCO2 30.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre start at €44.18 and take 15h 22m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre starts at €44.18 and takes 15h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,126 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 15h 22mDoor to door
- 14h 38mMoving
- €56.83 to €108.53From
- 06:41 to 21:16First and last departure
- 24Per day
- 30.4 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.
€56.83 to €108.53 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.
Transportadora Turistica Suzano runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €108.53Fri18
- about €106.88Sat19
- about €81.58Sun20
- about €70.58Mon21
- about €70.58Tue22
- about €73.88Wed23
- about €78.28Thu24
- about €70.03Fri25
- about €72.78Sat26
- about €67.83Sun27
- about €56.83Mon28
- about €57.38Tue29
- about €61.23Wed30
- about €57.93Thu1
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
Bus operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha | €45.28 |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €44.18 |
The bus gets you into Porto Alegre. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Porto Alegre for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.5890 days
- €38.6860 days
- €41.9845 days
- €49.1330 days
- €61.2321 days
- €57.9314 days
- €78.287 days
- €81.583 days
- €108.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €108.53, 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.
- €67.83Sun
- €56.83Mon
- €57.38Tue
- €61.23Wed
- €61.23Thu
- €70.03Fri
- €72.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Porto Alegre
Bus
- Bus Station
- Terminal Cairú
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,126 km against 1,126 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:41 and the last at 21:16, across 24 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 5m | 1h 55m | 3h 10m | €89.23 | 285.4 kg | 24 |
| Coach | 15h 22m | 14h 38m | 44m | €44.18 | 30.4 kg | 24 |
Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre
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 Porto Alegre take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre takes 15h 22m door to door, of which 14h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 1,126 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 Porto Alegre cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre starts at €44.18 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €58.76. 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 Porto Alegre?
2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre: Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 24 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 Porto Alegre use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre leaves from Caju and arrives at Bus Station. 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 Porto Alegre?
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre by Flight costs €89.23 and takes 5h 5m door to door, against 15h 22m 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 Porto Alegre?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre produces about 30.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1126 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 Porto Alegre?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 22m 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 Porto Alegre on September 17, 2026: 1126 km of route against 1126 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €44.18, and 15h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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