Cheapest€100.28
- Expresso Guanabara EG364906:1132h 42m14:53CajuTerminal Rodoviário Lima Botelho
Door to door 33h 26mCO2 65.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito bus
Buses from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito start at €122.83 and take 33h 26m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito starts at €122.83 and takes 33h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,428 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 33h 26mDoor to door
- 32h 42mMoving
- €122.83 to €228.43From
- 06:11 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 65.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€122.83 to €228.43 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 €228.43Mon14
- about €189.38Tue15
- about €224.58Wed16
- about €219.08Thu17
- about €214.13Fri18
- about €210.28Sat19
- about €180.58Sun20
- about €122.83Mon21
- about €127.23Tue22
- about €138.78Wed23
- about €158.03Thu24
- about €149.78Fri25
- about €153.63Sat26
- about €159.13Sun27
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 September 28, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €100.28 | 32h 4m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into São Benedito. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São Benedito for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviário Lima Botelho and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €126.6890 days
- €131.0860 days
- €89.2845 days
- €87.0830 days
- €116.7821 days
- €159.1314 days
- €180.587 days
- €224.583 days
- €228.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €87.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 162 percent. The most expensive point is €228.43, 1 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.
- €159.13Sun
- €122.83Mon
- €127.23Tue
- €138.78Wed
- €158.03Thu
- €149.78Fri
- €153.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
São Benedito
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário Lima Botelho
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 2,428 km against 2,112 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 Petrolina, Picos, Teófilo Otoni, Governador Valadares. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 06:11 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 São Benedito
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 São Benedito take?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito takes 33h 26m door to door, of which 32h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 2,428 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 São Benedito cost?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito starts at €122.83 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €120.63. 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 São Benedito?
1 operators run the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito: Expresso Guanabara. 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 São Benedito use?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito leaves from Caju and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Lima Botelho. 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 São Benedito?
Fares for the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €87.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 162 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 São Benedito produce?
The Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito produces about 65.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2428 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 São Benedito?
Operators on the Coach from Rio de Janeiro to São Benedito publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 33h 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 São Benedito on September 13, 2026: 2428 km of route against 2112 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €122.83, and 33h 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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