Cheapest€72.23
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA580014:2422h 27m12:51São Mateus bus stationEstação Pituba
Door to door 23h 11mCO2 45.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São Mateus to Salvador bus
Buses from São Mateus to Salvador start at €72.23 and take 23h 11m at their fastest.
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The Buses from São Mateus to Salvador starts at €72.23 and takes 23h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,669 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 23h 11mDoor to door
- 22h 27mMoving
- €85.98 to €172.33From
- 06:37 to 14:24First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 45.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€85.98 to €172.33 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.
Viacao Aguia Branca S A runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for São Mateus to Salvador 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 €172.33Sat19
- about €159.13Sun20
- about €104.68Mon21
- about €115.13Tue22
- about €107.98Wed23
- about €140.98Thu24
- about €112.38Fri25
- about €118.43Sat26
- about €106.88Sun27
- about €88.18Mon28
- about €101.38Tue29
- about €96.98Wed30
- about €112.93Thu1
- about €85.98Fri2
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 5 October 2026
Fastest€128.33
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG544807:307h 42m15:12São Mateus bus stationEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
- Azul A556116:421h 52m18:34Belo Horizonte CNFSalvador SSA
Changes at Belo Horizonte, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 13h 1mCO2 259.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€90.38
- Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA708207:3013h 51m21:21São Mateus bus stationPadre Paraíso bus station
- JS Turismo JS216822:109h 23m07:33Padre Paraíso bus stationEstação Pituba
Changes at Padre Paraíso, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 24h 47mCO2 45.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacao Aguia Branca S A | €72.23 | 22h 19m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Salvador. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Salvador for the night the coach gets in
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When to book São Mateus to Salvador
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €90.3890 days
- €53.5360 days
- €58.4845 days
- €68.9330 days
- €99.7321 days
- €85.9814 days
- €112.387 days
- €104.683 days
- €172.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €53.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 222 percent. The dearest point is €172.33, 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.
- €106.88Sun
- €88.18Mon
- €101.38Tue
- €96.98Wed
- €112.93Thu
- €99.73Fri
- €118.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Salvador
Coach
- Estação Pituba
- Terminal Retiro
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,669 km against 1,451 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 Padre Paraíso, Teófilo Otoni, Coronel Fabriciano, Belo Horizonte. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 São Mateus at 06:37 and the last at 14:24, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about São Mateus to Salvador
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 São Mateus to Salvador take?
The Coach from São Mateus to Salvador takes 23h 11m door to door, of which 22h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 1,669 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 São Mateus to Salvador cost?
The Coach from São Mateus to Salvador starts at €72.23 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €90.38. 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 São Mateus to Salvador?
1 operators run the Coach from São Mateus to Salvador: Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Between them they file around 6 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 São Mateus to Salvador use?
The Coach from São Mateus to Salvador leaves from São Mateus bus station and arrives at Estação Pituba. 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 São Mateus to Salvador?
Fares for the Coach from São Mateus to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €53.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 222 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São Mateus to Salvador produce?
The Coach from São Mateus to Salvador produces about 45.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1669 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 São Mateus to Salvador?
Operators on the Coach from São Mateus to Salvador publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 23h 11m 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 São Mateus to Salvador on 18 September 2026: 1669 km of route against 1451 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €72.23, and 23h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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