Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 14:43. One passenger pays between €16.13 and €19.43, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 50m over 311 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
€16.13 to €19.43
- 160%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rio de Janeiro
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.
- 06:02First departure
- 14:43Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%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 Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco 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 €30.98Tue15
- about €28.78Wed16
- about €41.98Thu17
- about €27.68Fri18
- about €29.88Sat19
- about €30.98Sun20
- about €25.48Mon21
- about €22.72Tue22
- about €19.43Wed23
- about €23.83Thu24
- about €26.58Fri25
- about €23.28Sat26
- about €24.93Sun27
- about €22.73Mon28
- about €16.13Tue29
- about €16.68Wed30
- about €22.73Thu1
- about €18.33Fri2
- about €21.63Sat3
- about €17.78Sun4
- about €16.13Mon5
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 Ouro Branco. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ouro Branco for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviário Ulysses Guimarães 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 Ouro Branco
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.7290 days
- €17.2360 days
- €21.6345 days
- €17.2330 days
- €16.1321 days
- €22.7314 days
- €25.487 days
- €41.983 days
- €30.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €41.98, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco 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
311 km
270 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
6,747,815 → 38,724
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
- 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 311 km against 270 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 Barra do Piraí, Barra Mansa, Aparecida, Taubaté. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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
Ouro Branco 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 Ulysses Guimarães
Most of the points near Terminal Rodoviário Ulysses Guimarães open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco
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 Ouro Branco?
The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 4h 7m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 5h 8m, 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 Ouro Branco?
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco is €16.13, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.93. 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 Ouro Branco?
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco is by coach, at €19.43 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 51m 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 Ouro Branco?
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €16.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 160 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 Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco, at €19.43. 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 Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco, at €13.93 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 Ouro Branco?
1 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco 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 Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco?
33 percent of the services we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco are direct. The rest connect at Barra do Piraí, Barra Mansa, Aparecida, Taubaté, with about 48 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 Ouro Branco use?
Services from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco by coach leave from Caju and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário Ulysses Guimarães. 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 Ouro Branco?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco 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 Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Branco on September 14, 2026: 311 km of route against 270 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 4h 50m 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 Ouro Branco is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Ouro Branco and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Ouro Branco in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rio de Janeiro reaches 412 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 11,870 km. Ouro Branco reaches 9 places in 1 countries, from 184 to 453 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rio de Janeiro
- 412Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 74Operators
Arriving in Ouro Branco
Leaving Ouro Branco
- 9Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators