Cheapest€11.73
- Rapido Federal Viacao RF708014:172h 42m16:59Rodoviária de Santos DumontCaju
Door to door 3h 26mCO2 5.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro start at €12.83 and take 3h 23m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro starts at €12.83 and takes 3h 23m door to door, run by 2 operators over 190 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 23mDoor to door
- 2h 39mMoving
- €12.83 to €23.83From
- 06:31 to 14:30First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 5.1 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.
€12.83 to €23.83 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 €19.98Tue15
- about €18.88Wed16
- about €23.83Thu17
- about €19.43Fri18
- about €18.88Sat19
- about €22.18Sun20
- about €17.23Mon21
- about €12.83Tue22
- about €13.93Wed23
- about €15.58Thu24
- about €15.03Fri25
- about €15.03Sat26
- about €14.48Sun27
- about €12.83Mon28
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
Fastest€12.28
- Rapido Federal Viacao RF156406:312h 39m09:10Rodoviária de Santos DumontCaju
Door to door 3h 23mCO2 5.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Rapido Federal Viacao | €11.73 | 3h 17m |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €12.28 | 3h 18m |
The bus gets you into Rio de Janeiro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.2890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €13.3845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.7321 days
- €12.8314 days
- €17.237 days
- €23.833 days
- €19.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €23.83, 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.
- €14.48Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €15.58Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €15.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Santos Dumont
Bus
- Rodoviária de Santos Dumont
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 190 km against 166 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Barra Mansa, Volta Redonda, Barra do Piraí, Angra dos Reis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Santos Dumont at 06:31 and the last at 14:30, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro
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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro takes 3h 23m door to door, of which 2h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 190 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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro starts at €12.83 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €15.30. 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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro?
2 operators run the Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro: Rapido Federal Viacao, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. Between them they file around 8 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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Rodoviária de Santos Dumont and arrives at Caju. 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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro produces about 5.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 190 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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 23m 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 Santos Dumont to Rio de Janeiro on September 14, 2026: 190 km of route against 166 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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