Salvador to Macaé

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Salvador to Macaé. From €62.88, fastest 17h 12m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Salvador to Macaé costs €62.88 at the cheapest and takes 17h 12m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,268 km. Cheapest is by Coach, fastest is by Coach.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,268 km
Fastest
17h 12m
Average
18h 43m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€62.88
CO2 per passenger
34.2 kg
Door to door

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 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Coach19h 12m18h 28m44m€71.6834.2 kg4
  • 19h 12mFastest, by Coach
  • €71.68Cheapest, by Coach
  • 34.2 kgLowest CO2, by Coach
  • 1,268 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€62.88
  1. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA841207:3014h 53m22:23Estação PitubaTerminal de Õnibus - Alvorada
  2. Expresso União EU904723:103h 33m02:43Terminal de Õnibus - AlvoradaMacaé Bus Station

Changes at Guarapari, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 19h 57mCO2 34.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€121.09
  1. Sky Express SE865807:301h 31m09:01Salvador SSAVitória VIX
  2. Expresso União EU838010:004h 51m14:51Terminal ItacibáMacaé Bus Station

Changes at Vitória, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 18mCO2 221.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€68.38
  1. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA697006:2618h 28m00:54Estação PitubaMacaé Bus Station

Door to door 19h 12mCO2 34.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

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.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

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 Salvador to Macaé
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Salvador to MacaéSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Coach€150.33€115.13€123.38€99.18€96.43€132.73€111.28€80.48€80.47€73.88€71.68€75.52€93.13€100.83
Flight€271.54€205.46€169.47€149.41€167.11€211.95€177.14€177.14€131.71€122.27€131.12€124.63€181.86€157.67

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €62.88

The trip ends at Macaé Bus Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Macaé for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Macaé Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Salvador to Macaé

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €74.9890 days
  2. €45.8360 days
  3. €46.3845 days
  4. €51.8830 days
  5. €79.3821 days
  6. €100.8314 days
  7. €111.287 days
  8. €123.383 days
  9. €150.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 228 percent. The most expensive point is €150.33, 1 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.
€150.33€45.831371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €80.47Sun
  2. €73.88Mon
  3. €71.68Tue
  4. €75.52Wed
  5. €93.13Thu
  6. €100.83Fri
  7. €82.67Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €99.18Sep
  2. €59.58Oct
  3. €52.97Nov
  4. €52.43Dec
  5. €50.23Jan
  6. €45.83Feb

The route

SalvadorSalvadorMacaéMacaé
The journey

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 1,268 km against 1,103 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 Guarapari, Vitória, Campos dos Goytacazes, Vila Velha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Salvador at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Salvador

Rail
  • Estação Paripe
  • Estação Calçada
  • Periperi Station
Bus
  • Estação Pituba
  • Terminal Retiro
Air
  • SSA
Ferry
  • Terminal Turístico Náutico da Bahia
  • São Joaquim

Macaé

Bus
  • Macaé Bus Station
  • Rodoviária de Macaé
Air
  • MEA

MEA is not in Macaé, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Macaé

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Viacao Aguia Branca S A€62.8817h 12m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Coach fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€54.0086%
Taxes€5.409%
Supplier fees€1.492%
Our service fee€1.993%
Total you pay€62.88100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Macaé well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Macaé Bus Station

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 Salvador to Macaé

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 Salvador to Macaé?

The fastest journey from Salvador to Macaé takes 17h 12m door to door, of which 18h 28m is spent moving, on the Coach. Most services take around 18h 43m, 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 Salvador to Macaé?

The cheapest fare from Salvador to Macaé is €62.88, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €88.73. 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 Salvador to Macaé?

The cheapest way from Salvador to Macaé is by Coach, at €71.68 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 19h 12m 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 Salvador to Macaé?

Fares from Salvador to Macaé bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €45.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 228 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Salvador to Macaé?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Salvador to Macaé, at €71.68. 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.

Which month is cheapest for Salvador to Macaé?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Salvador to Macaé, at €45.83 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 Salvador to Macaé?

1 operators sell services from Salvador to Macaé across 1 modes: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. 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 Salvador to Macaé?

20 percent of the services we sell from Salvador to Macaé are direct. The rest connect at Guarapari, Vitória, Campos dos Goytacazes, Vila Velha, with about 47 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 Salvador to Macaé use?

Services from Salvador to Macaé by Coach leave from Estação Pituba and arrive at Macaé Bus Station. 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 Salvador to Macaé?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Salvador to Macaé 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 Salvador to Macaé on September 11, 2026: 1268 km of route against 1103 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €62.88, and 17h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Macaé are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Macaé and across Brazil

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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