São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €10.07, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 23m over 120 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.07, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for September 28, 2026
€10.07
- 65%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São João de Meriti
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:19First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between São João de Meriti and Nova Friburgo.
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo 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 €15.03Mon21
- about €16.13Tue22
- about €16.66Wed23
- about €15.58Thu24
- about €15.03Fri25
- about €16.13Sat26
- about €12.83Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €11.18Tue29
- about €11.18Wed30
- about €11.73Thu1
- about €11.18Fri2
- about €12.28Sat3
- about €11.73Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
- about €10.07Tue6
- about €10.07Wed7
- about €10.07Thu8
- about €10.07Fri9
- about €10.07Sat10
- about €10.07Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Nova Friburgo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Nova Friburgo for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Nova Friburgo 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 Nova Friburgo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €11.7314 days
- €12.837 days
- €16.663 days
- €15.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 65 percent. The most expensive point is €16.66, 3 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo 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
120 km
104 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
466,536 → 189,939
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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 120 km against 104 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 Maricá, Cabo Frio, Itaboraí, Juiz de Fora. 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.
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 Nova Friburgo bus station
Most of the points near Nova Friburgo bus station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo
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 Nova Friburgo?
The fastest journey from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo takes 2h 23m door to door, of which 1h 40m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 2h 31m, 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 Nova Friburgo?
The cheapest fare from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo is €10.07, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.18. 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 Nova Friburgo?
The cheapest way from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 2h 24m 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 Nova Friburgo?
Fares from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 65 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 Nova Friburgo?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo, at €10.07. 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 Nova Friburgo?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo, 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 Nova Friburgo?
Riodoce publish service areas covering both São João de Meriti and Nova Friburgo, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo?
20 percent of the services we sell from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo are direct. The rest connect at Maricá, Cabo Frio, Itaboraí, Juiz de Fora, 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 São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo use?
Services from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo by coach leave from Guadalupe and arrive at Nova Friburgo 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 Nova Friburgo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São João de Meriti to Nova Friburgo 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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 Nova Friburgo on September 20, 2026: 120 km of route against 104 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 23m 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 Nova Friburgo is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Nova Friburgo and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Nova Friburgo 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. Nova Friburgo reaches 82 places in 1 countries, from 47 to 1,995 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São João de Meriti
- 27Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Nova Friburgo
Leaving Nova Friburgo
- 82Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators