Contagem to Petrolina bus

Buses from Contagem to Petrolina start at €75.53 and take 22h 10m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Contagem to Petrolina starts at €75.53 and takes 22h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,417 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 30 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 22h 10mDoor to door
  • 21h 26mMoving
  • €75.53From
  • 38.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026

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

Cheapest€72.78
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG849307:3017h 2m00:32Terminal PetrolândiaPonto de Apoio
  2. Rapido Federal Viacao RF576701:423h 52m05:34Ponto de ApoioRodoviária de Petrolina

Changes at Capim Grosso, with 70 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 22h 48mCO2 39.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€73.33
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG742107:3017h 28m00:58Terminal PetrolândiaSenhor do Bonfim bus station
  2. Expresso Guanabara EG232402:291h 57m04:26Senhor do Bonfim bus stationRodoviária de Petrolina

Changes at Senhor do Bonfim, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 21h 40mCO2 38.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€90.93
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG854906:3821h 26m04:04Terminal PetrolândiaRodoviária de Petrolina

Door to door 22h 10mCO2 38.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€76.0819h 7m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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Rooms within reach of Rodoviária de Petrolina

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Booking window

When to book Contagem to Petrolina

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

  1. €81.0390 days
  2. €49.6860 days
  3. €55.1845 days
  4. €48.5830 days
  5. €78.2821 days
  6. €100.2814 days
  7. €143.187 days
  8. €139.883 days
  9. €169.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 249 percent. The dearest point is €169.58, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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. €85.98Sun
  2. €84.33Mon
  3. €76.08Tue
  4. €89.28Wed
  5. €103.58Thu
  6. €112.38Fri
  7. €100.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Contagem

Coach
  • Terminal Petrolândia
  • Ponto de controle Santa Edwiges

Petrolina

Coach
  • Rodoviária de Petrolina
  • Rodoviária de Juazeiro
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 1,417 km against 1,232 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 Riachão do Jacuípe, Capim Grosso, Vitória da Conquista, Senhor do Bonfim. 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Contagem at 06:38 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Contagem to Petrolina

The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina take?

The Coach from Contagem to Petrolina takes 22h 10m door to door, of which 21h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 1,417 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina cost?

The Coach from Contagem to Petrolina starts at €75.53 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €76.63. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina?

1 operators run the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina use?

The Coach from Contagem to Petrolina leaves from Terminal Petrolândia and arrives at Rodoviária de Petrolina. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina?

Fares for the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 249 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina produce?

The Coach from Contagem to Petrolina produces about 38.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1417 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina?

Operators on the Coach from Contagem to Petrolina publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 22h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Contagem to Petrolina on 12 September 2026: 1417 km of route against 1232 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €75.53, and 22h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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