Cheapest€24.93
- Kandango Transportes e Turismo KT922414:517h 34m22:25Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
Door to door 8h 18mCO2 15.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Fortaleza to João Pessoa bus
Buses from Fortaleza to João Pessoa start at €24.93 and take 8h 10m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Fortaleza to João Pessoa starts at €24.93 and takes 8h 10m door to door, run by 2 operators over 556 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 10mDoor to door
- 7h 26mMoving
- €30.98 to €59.58From
- 06:10 to 14:51First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 15.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€30.98 to €59.58 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Kandango Transportes e Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Fortaleza to João Pessoa 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 €59.58Fri18
- about €57.38Sat19
- about €41.98Sun20
- about €38.68Mon21
- about €42.53Tue22
- about €39.78Wed23
- about €46.38Thu24
- about €35.93Fri25
- about €38.13Sat26
- about €38.68Sun27
- about €32.08Mon28
- about €30.98Tue29
- about €31.53Wed30
- about €32.08Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €26.58 | 8h |
| Kandango Transportes e Turismo | €24.93 | 8h 3m |
The coach gets you into João Pessoa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in João Pessoa for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Fortaleza to João Pessoa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0390 days
- €20.5360 days
- €23.8345 days
- €27.6830 days
- €38.1321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €46.387 days
- €41.983 days
- €59.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €59.58, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €38.68Sun
- €32.08Mon
- €30.98Tue
- €31.53Wed
- €38.13Thu
- €35.93Fri
- €38.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Fortaleza
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
João Pessoa
Coach
- Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
- TERMINAL - HEITEL SANTIAGO;Parada (final Heltel)
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 556 km against 556 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Natal, Açu, Abreu e Lima, Mossoró. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 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 Fortaleza at 06:10 and the last at 14:51, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 20m | 1h 10m | 3h 10m | €52.06 | 140.7 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 8h 10m | 7h 26m | 44m | €24.93 | 15.0 kg | 7 |
Questions about Fortaleza to João Pessoa
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 Fortaleza to João Pessoa take?
The Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa takes 8h 10m door to door, of which 7h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 556 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 Fortaleza to João Pessoa cost?
The Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa starts at €24.93 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €32.08. 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 Fortaleza to João Pessoa?
2 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa: Expresso Guanabara, Kandango Transportes e Turismo. Between them they file around 7 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 Fortaleza to João Pessoa use?
The Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Fortaleza to João Pessoa?
Travelling from Fortaleza to João Pessoa by Flight costs €52.06 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 8h 10m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa?
Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa produce?
The Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa produces about 15.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 556 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 Fortaleza to João Pessoa?
Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to João Pessoa publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fortaleza to João Pessoa on 17 September 2026: 556 km of route against 556 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €24.93, and 8h 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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