Cheapest€35.93
- Expresso Guanabara EG319117:1411h 23m04:37Terminal Rodoviário de PicosTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
Door to door 12h 7mCO2 22.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Picos to João Pessoa bus
Buses from Picos to João Pessoa start at €44.73 and take 12h at their fastest.
The Buses from Picos to João Pessoa starts at €44.73 and takes 12h door to door, run by 2 operators over 838 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12hDoor to door
- 11h 16mMoving
- €44.73From
- 22.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€37.03
- Cruzeiro do Norte Transportes CN402806:1711h 16m17:33Terminal Rodoviário de PicosTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
Door to door 12hCO2 22.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Cruzeiro do Norte Transportes | €37.03 | 11h 41m |
| Expresso Guanabara | €35.93 | 11h 38m |
The coach gets you into João Pessoa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in João Pessoa
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When to book Picos to João Pessoa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €42.5390 days
- €29.3360 days
- €29.8845 days
- €32.0830 days
- €45.8321 days
- €54.6314 days
- €66.187 days
- €66.733 days
- €96.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 231 percent. The dearest point is €96.98, 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.
- €55.73Sun
- €44.73Mon
- €49.13Tue
- €51.88Wed
- €62.88Thu
- €52.43Fri
- €54.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Picos
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Picos
- Terminal Rodoviário Senador Helvídio Nunes
João Pessoa
Coach
- Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
- TERMINAL - HEITEL SANTIAGO;Parada (final Heltel)
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 838 km against 729 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 Juazeiro do Norte, Barro, Campos Sales, Crato. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Picos at 06:08 and the last at 17:26, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Picos 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 Picos to João Pessoa take?
The Coach from Picos to João Pessoa takes 12h door to door, of which 11h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 838 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 Picos to João Pessoa cost?
The Coach from Picos to João Pessoa starts at €44.73 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €40.06. 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 Picos to João Pessoa?
2 operators run the Coach from Picos to João Pessoa: Cruzeiro do Norte Transportes, Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 10 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 Picos to João Pessoa use?
The Coach from Picos to João Pessoa leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Picos 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.
When should I book the Coach from Picos to João Pessoa?
Fares for the Coach from Picos to João Pessoa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.33. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 231 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Picos to João Pessoa produce?
The Coach from Picos to João Pessoa produces about 22.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 838 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 Picos to João Pessoa?
Operators on the Coach from Picos 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 12h 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 Picos to João Pessoa on 12 September 2026: 838 km of route against 729 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €44.73, and 12h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in João Pessoa
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of João Pessoa, with free cancellation on most of it.
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