Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Rio de Janeiro to Valença. From €64.53, fastest 17h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Valença costs €64.53 at the cheapest and takes 17h 50m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,317 km. Cheapest is by Coach, fastest is by Coach.
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 28, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 19h 22m | 18h 38m | 44m | €76.08 | 35.6 kg | 5 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Campos dos Goytacazes, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 20h 16mCO2 36.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Door to door 19h 22mCO2 35.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
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.
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.
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 Valença | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €129.98 | €140.98 | €83.78 | €100.28 | €93.68 | €140.98 | €89.83 | €92.58 | €99.73 | €85.98 | €78.28 | €77.73 | €93.68 | €76.08 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €64.53
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Valença is not something we sell.
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €71.13 | 17h 50m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €55.50 | 86% |
| Taxes | €5.55 | 9% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 2% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 3% |
| Total you pay | €64.53 | 100% |
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Most of the points near Rodoviária de Valença open before the first train and close after the last one.
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The fastest journey from Rio de Janeiro to Valença takes 17h 50m door to door, of which 18h 38m is spent moving, on the Coach. Most services take around 19h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Rio de Janeiro to Valença is €64.53, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €90.93. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Rio de Janeiro to Valença is by Coach, at €76.08 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 19h 22m 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.
Fares from Rio de Janeiro to Valença bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €44.72. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 191 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio de Janeiro to Valença, at €76.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio de Janeiro to Valença, at €46.93 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.
1 operators sell services from Rio de Janeiro to Valença across 1 modes: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. 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.
20 percent of the services we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Valença are direct. The rest connect at Campos dos Goytacazes, Paracatu, São Paulo, Juiz de Fora, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Rio de Janeiro to Valença by Coach leave from Caju and arrive at Rodoviária de Valença. 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.
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rio de Janeiro to Valença 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.
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.
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Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Valença afterward does not belong to us.
Day trips that leave Valença in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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