Cheapest€18.33
- Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT978906:524h 37m11:29CajuTerminal Rodoviário Prefeito Antônio Lemos Barbosa
Door to door 5h 21mCO2 9.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre costs €18.33 at the cheapest and takes 5h 11m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 337 km. Cheapest is by coach, fastest is by coach.
At a glance
- Distance
- 337 km
- Fastest
- 5h 11m
- Average
- 5h 29m
- Services per day
- 6
- Cheapest
- €18.33
- CO2 per passenger
- 9.1 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 5h 21m | 4h 37m | 44m | €21.08 | 9.1 kg | 6 |
- 5h 21mFastest, by Coach
- €21.08Cheapest, by Coach
- 9.1 kgLowest CO2, by Coach
- 337 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Checking the live timetables.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rio de Janeiro to Alegre | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 | SatSep 26 | SunSep 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €32.08 | €28.78 | €24.93 | €35.93 | €28.23 | €34.27 | €28.78 | €21.08 | €22.18 | €22.18 | €27.13 | €26.03 | €26.03 | €22.18 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €18.33
The bus gets you into Alegre. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Terminal Rodoviário Prefeito Antônio Lemos Barbosa
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Rio de Janeiro to Alegre
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.9890 days
- €19.9760 days
- €15.5845 days
- €14.4830 days
- €21.6321 days
- €22.1814 days
- €28.787 days
- €24.933 days
- €32.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 122 percent. The most expensive point is €32.08, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.18Sun
- €22.73Mon
- €22.18Tue
- €22.18Wed
- €27.13Thu
- €26.03Fri
- €26.03Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €28.78Sep
- €21.07Oct
- €16.68Nov
- €18.33Dec
- €17.78Jan
- €16.68Feb
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 337 km against 293 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 Espera Feliz, Petrópolis, Leopoldina, Muriaé. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 06:24 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rio de Janeiro
Rail
- Estação Penha
- Estação Ramos
- São Cristóvão
Bus
- Caju
- INTO
Air
- GIG
- SDU
Ferry
- Charitas
- Ilha Fiscal
Alegre
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário Prefeito Antônio Lemos Barbosa
Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso União | €20.53 | 5h 12m |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €18.33 | 5h 11m |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €13.50 | 74% |
| Taxes | €1.35 | 7% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 11% |
| Total you pay | €18.33 | 100% |
Alegre is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Terminal Rodoviário Prefeito Antônio Lemos Barbosa
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Alegre
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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre takes 5h 11m door to door, of which 4h 37m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 5h 29m, 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre is €18.33, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €26.58. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre is by coach, at €21.08 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 21m 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €14.48. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 122 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre, at €22.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre, at €16.68 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
2 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre across 1 mode: Expresso União, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
33 percent of the services we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre are direct. The rest connect at Espera Feliz, Petrópolis, Leopoldina, Muriaé, with about 56 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre use?
Services from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre by coach leave from Caju and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário Prefeito Antônio Lemos Barbosa. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Alegre?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Alegre 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
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rio de Janeiro to Alegre on September 13, 2026: 337 km of route against 293 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.33, and 5h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Alegre and elsewhere in Brazil. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Alegre before you go
Day trips that leave Alegre in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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