Cheapest€70.03
- Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha EO466306:3020h 44m03:14CajuRodoviária de Rio Grande
Door to door 21h 28mCO2 41.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande start at €77.18 and take 21h 28m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande starts at €77.18 and takes 21h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,543 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 21h 28mDoor to door
- 20h 44mMoving
- €77.18 to €144.28From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 41.7 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.
€77.18 to €144.28 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 €136.03Tue15
- about €144.28Wed16
- about €142.08Thu17
- about €142.08Fri18
- about €138.23Sat19
- about €134.93Sun20
- about €77.18Mon21
- about €81.03Tue22
- about €82.13Wed23
- about €123.93Thu24
- about €93.68Fri25
- about €119.53Sat26
- about €96.43Sun27
- about €83.23Mon28
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha | €70.03 | 20h 42m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Rio Grande. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio Grande for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €84.3390 days
- €65.6360 days
- €77.1845 days
- €71.1330 days
- €70.0321 days
- €83.2314 days
- €77.187 days
- €142.083 days
- €136.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €65.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 116 percent. The most expensive point is €142.08, 3 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.
- €96.43Sun
- €77.18Mon
- €83.23Tue
- €84.88Wed
- €123.93Thu
- €93.68Fri
- €119.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Rio Grande
Bus
- Rodoviária de Rio Grande
- Ônibus Municipal
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 1,543 km against 1,342 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 Florianópolis, Sombrio, Itapema, Tijucas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 06:30 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 Rio 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 Rio Grande take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande takes 21h 28m door to door, of which 20h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 1,543 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 Rio Grande cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande starts at €77.18 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €71.68. 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 Rio Grande?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande: 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 Rio Grande use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande leaves from Caju and arrives at Rodoviária de Rio Grande. 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 Rio Grande?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €65.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 116 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 Rio Grande produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande produces about 41.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1543 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 Rio Grande?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 28m 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 Rio Grande on September 14, 2026: 1543 km of route against 1342 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €77.18, and 21h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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