São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa bus

Buses from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa start at €17.23 and take 5h 48m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa starts at €17.23 and takes 5h 48m door to door, run by 2 operators over 375 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 48mDoor to door
  • 5h 4mMoving
  • €22.73 to €36.48From
  • 06:13 to 14:35First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 12.8 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.

€22.73 to €36.48 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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JS Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €36.48Mon21
  2. about €30.43Tue22
  3. about €35.93Wed23
  4. about €33.73Thu24
  5. about €31.53Fri25
  6. about €35.38Sat26
  7. about €34.28Sun27
  8. about €22.73Mon28
  9. about €23.28Tue29
  10. about €22.73Wed30
  11. about €25.48Thu1
  12. about €24.38Fri2
  13. about €24.93Sat3
  14. about €22.73Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€17.23
  1. JS Turismo JS143814:355h 31m20:06Terminal Rodoviário de São Miguel dos CamposTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde

Door to door 6h 15mCO2 12.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€21.63
  1. Expresso São Luiz ES409806:135h 4m11:17Terminal Rodoviário de São Miguel dos CamposTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde

Door to door 5h 48mCO2 12.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Expresso São Luiz€17.785h 39m
JS Turismo€17.235h 41m

The coach gets you into João Pessoa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in João Pessoa for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa

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

  1. €22.1890 days
  2. €19.9860 days
  3. €15.5845 days
  4. €15.5830 days
  5. €20.5321 days
  6. €22.7314 days
  7. €34.287 days
  8. €35.933 days
  9. €36.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 134 percent. The dearest point is €36.48, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €22.73Sun
  2. €22.73Mon
  3. €23.28Tue
  4. €22.73Wed
  5. €26.03Thu
  6. €24.38Fri
  7. €24.93Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Miguel dos Campos

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário de São Miguel dos Campos

João Pessoa

Coach
  • Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
  • TERMINAL - HEITEL SANTIAGO;Parada (final Heltel)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 375 km against 326 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 Abreu e Lima, Bezerros, Vitória de Santo Antão, Igarassu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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 São Miguel dos Campos at 06:13 and the last at 14:35, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about São Miguel dos Campos 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 São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa take?

The Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa takes 5h 48m door to door, of which 5h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 375 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 Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa cost?

The Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa starts at €17.23 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.36. 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 Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa?

2 operators run the Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa: Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo. Between them they file around 8 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 Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa use?

The Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de São Miguel dos Campos 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 São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa?

Fares for the Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 134 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa produce?

The Coach from São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa produces about 12.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 375 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa?

Operators on the Coach from São Miguel dos Campos 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 5h 48m 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for São Miguel dos Campos to João Pessoa on 20 September 2026: 375 km of route against 326 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 5h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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