Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande bus

Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande start at €18.88 and take 6h 2m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande starts at €18.88 and takes 6h 2m door to door, run by 2 operators over 403 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 2mDoor to door
  • 5h 18mMoving
  • €23.28 to €43.08From
  • 06:28 to 17:34First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 10.9 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.

€23.28 to €43.08 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.

Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande 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

  1. about €43.08Sat19
  2. about €39.23Sun20
  3. about €28.23Mon21
  4. about €28.23Tue22
  5. about €28.78Wed23
  6. about €36.48Thu24
  7. about €28.78Fri25
  8. about €28.78Sat26
  9. about €26.58Sun27
  10. about €24.93Mon28
  11. about €23.28Tue29
  12. about €23.83Wed30
  13. about €27.13Thu1
  14. about €23.28Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€18.88
  1. Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo UU641717:005h 21m22:21CajuPonto de Parada PS Quietude

Door to door 6h 5mCO2 10.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€19.43
  1. Viação Sampaio VS304517:345h 18m22:52CajuPonto de Parada PS Quietude

Door to door 6h 2mCO2 10.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo€18.88
Viação Sampaio€19.43

The bus gets you into Praia Grande. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Praia Grande for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Ponto de Parada PS Quietude and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande

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

  1. €24.3890 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €16.6845 days
  4. €18.3330 days
  5. €23.8321 days
  6. €23.2814 days
  7. €28.787 days
  8. €28.233 days
  9. €43.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €43.08, 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.
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. €26.58Sun
  2. €24.93Mon
  3. €23.28Tue
  4. €23.83Wed
  5. €27.13Thu
  6. €23.83Fri
  7. €28.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rio de Janeiro

Bus
  • Caju
  • INTO

Praia Grande

Bus
  • Ponto de Parada PS Quietude
  • Terminal Rodoviário e Urbano Tatico
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 403 km against 351 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rio de Janeiro at 06:28 and the last at 17:34, 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 Praia Grande

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 Praia Grande take?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande takes 6h 2m door to door, of which 5h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 403 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 Praia Grande cost?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande starts at €18.88 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €19.71. 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 Praia Grande?

2 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande: Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo, Viação Sampaio. 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 Praia Grande use?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande leaves from Caju and arrives at Ponto de Parada PS Quietude. 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 Praia Grande?

Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande produce?

The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 403 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 Praia Grande?

Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Praia Grande publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 2m 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 Praia Grande on September 18, 2026: 403 km of route against 351 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €18.88, and 6h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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