Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.73 and €15.58, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 21m over 193 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.73 to €15.58
- 155%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Juiz de Fora
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:32First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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 Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras 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
- about €20.53Tue15
- about €19.43Wed16
- about €29.88Thu17
- about €21.08Fri18
- about €19.98Sat19
- about €19.97Sun20
- about €18.88Mon21
- about €16.13Tue22
- about €17.22Wed23
- about €16.13Thu24
- about €17.22Fri25
- about €15.58Sat26
- about €17.78Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €13.93Tue29
- about €11.73Wed30
- about €15.58Thu1
- about €16.66Fri2
- about €14.48Sat3
- about €13.93Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
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 bus gets you into Rio das Ostras. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rio das Ostras for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €12.8321 days
- €15.5814 days
- €18.887 days
- €29.883 days
- €20.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €29.88, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
193 km
168 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
540,756 → 168,099
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 193 km against 168 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 Nova Friburgo, Magé, Petrópolis, Itaboraí. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Rodoviaria de Rio das Ostras
Most of the points near Rodoviaria de Rio das Ostras open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras
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 it take to get from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
The fastest journey from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras takes 3h 21m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 28m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
The cheapest fare from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras is €11.73, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €16.68. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
The cheapest way from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras is by coach, at €15.58 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 3h 39m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
Fares from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 155 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras, at €15.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras, at €10.08 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
1 operators sell services from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras across 1 mode: Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
20 percent of the services we sell from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras are direct. The rest connect at Nova Friburgo, Magé, Petrópolis, Itaboraí, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras use?
Services from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras by coach leave from Rodoviária de Juiz de Fora - Miguel Mansur and arrive at Rodoviaria de Rio das Ostras. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Juiz de Fora to Rio das Ostras on September 14, 2026: 193 km of route against 168 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Rio das Ostras is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Rio das Ostras and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Rio das Ostras in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Juiz de Fora reaches 111 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 1,507 km. Rio das Ostras reaches 22 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 526 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Juiz de Fora
- 111Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 22Operators
Arriving in Rio das Ostras
Leaving Rio das Ostras
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators