Cheapest€14.48
- Auto Viação Catarinense AV973507:583h 47m11:45Rodoviária de PindamonhangabaCaju
Door to door 4h 31mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro bus
Buses from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro start at €16.68 and take 4h 27m at their fastest.
The Buses from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro starts at €16.68 and takes 4h 27m door to door, run by 5 operators over 280 km, with around 45 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 27mDoor to door
- 3h 43mMoving
- €16.68From
- 7.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€16.13
- Viação Sampaio VS358710:183h 43m14:01Rodoviária de PindamonhangabaCaju
Door to door 4h 27mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Auto Viação Catarinense | €14.48 |
| Expresso Adamantina | €15.03 |
| JS Turismo | €14.48 |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €15.03 |
| Viação Sampaio | €14.48 |
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When to book Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €14.4860 days
- €12.8345 days
- €12.2830 days
- €15.5821 days
- €16.6814 days
- €18.887 days
- €21.083 days
- €24.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €24.38, 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.
- €16.68Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €21.63Thu
- €19.98Fri
- €20.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Taubaté
Bus
- Rodoviária de Pindamonhangaba
- Terminal Rodoviário Intermunicipal - Rodoviária Nova
Rio de Janeiro
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 280 km against 243 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 Taubaté at 06:13 and the last at 21:04, across 45 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Taubaté 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 Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro take?
The Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro takes 4h 27m door to door, of which 3h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 280 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 Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro cost?
The Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro starts at €16.68 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €17.23. 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 Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro?
5 operators run the Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro: Auto Viação Catarinense, Expresso Adamantina, JS Turismo, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo, Viação Sampaio. Between them they file around 45 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 Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro use?
The Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro leaves from Rodoviária de Pindamonhangaba 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 Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro?
Fares for the Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 99 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro produce?
The Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro produces about 7.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 280 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 Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro?
Operators on the Coach from Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 27m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Taubaté to Rio de Janeiro on September 13, 2026: 280 km of route against 243 km in a straight line, 45 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.68, and 4h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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