São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:29 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €10.63, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 53m over 159 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.63, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€10.63
- 87%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São João de Meriti
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.
- 06:29First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio 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 €18.88Mon21
- about €17.22Tue22
- about €18.33Wed23
- about €17.23Thu24
- about €18.32Fri25
- about €17.22Sat26
- about €16.13Sun27
- about €11.18Mon28
- about €13.93Tue29
- about €13.93Wed30
- about €14.48Thu1
- about €13.93Fri2
- about €15.03Sat3
- about €13.93Sun4
- about €10.63Mon5
- about €10.63Tue6
- about €11.18Wed7
- about €11.73Thu8
- about €11.18Fri9
- about €11.73Sat10
- about €10.63Sun11
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 Cabo Frio. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cabo Frio for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Cabo Frio bus station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.6345 days
- €10.6330 days
- €10.6321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €16.137 days
- €18.333 days
- €18.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 87 percent. The most expensive point is €18.88, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio 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
159 km
138 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
466,536 → 238,438
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 159 km against 138 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, Juiz de Fora, Itaboraí, Maricá. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
The fare from CFB into Cabo Frio is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Cabo Frio
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cabo Frio costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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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 Cabo Frio bus station
Most of the points near Cabo Frio bus station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio
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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
The fastest journey from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio takes 2h 53m door to door, of which 2h 13m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 2m, 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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
The cheapest fare from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio is €10.63, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €13.93. 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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
The cheapest way from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio is by coach, at €10.63 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 57m 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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
Fares from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 87 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio, at €11.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio, at €10.07 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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
No operator record names São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio directly. Riodoce publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
20 percent of the services we sell from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio are direct. The rest connect at Nova Friburgo, Juiz de Fora, Itaboraí, Maricá, with about 65 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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio use?
Services from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio by coach leave from Guadalupe and arrive at Cabo Frio 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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 São João de Meriti to Cabo Frio on September 20, 2026: 159 km of route against 138 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 53m 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 Cabo Frio is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Cabo Frio and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Cabo Frio in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São João de Meriti reaches 27 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 464 km. Cabo Frio reaches 45 places in 2 countries, from 41 to 2,932 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São João de Meriti
- 27Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Cabo Frio
Leaving Cabo Frio
- 45Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 10Operators