São Paulo to Fortaleza bus

Buses from São Paulo to Fortaleza start at €88.73 and take 31h 27m at their fastest.

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Stunning aerial view of the Metropolitan Cathedral amidst Fortaleza cityscape, Brazil.

The Buses from São Paulo to Fortaleza starts at €88.73 and takes 31h 27m door to door, run by 3 operators over 2,370 km, with around 36 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 18 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 31h 27mDoor to door
  • 30h 43mMoving
  • €109.08 to €225.13From
  • 06:05 to 21:24First and last departure
  • 36Per day
  • 64.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€109.08 to €225.13 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.

Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for São Paulo to Fortaleza 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

  1. about €225.13Sat19
  2. about €209.73Sun20
  3. about €144.28Mon21
  4. about €145.93Tue22
  5. about €151.98Wed23
  6. about €191.58Thu24
  7. about €147.03Fri25
  8. about €145.38Sat26
  9. about €136.03Sun27
  10. about €118.98Mon28
  11. about €115.68Tue29
  12. about €121.73Wed30
  13. about €140.98Thu1
  14. about €109.08Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€88.73
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG546815:3033h 36m01:06Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 34h 20mCO2 64.0 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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€88.7331h 19m
Expresso Guanabara€94.2331h 19m
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€90.3831h 23m

The coach gets you into Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Fortaleza for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Ferroviária João Felipe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book São Paulo to Fortaleza

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

  1. €123.3890 days
  2. €71.6860 days
  3. €73.3345 days
  4. €89.8330 days
  5. €111.2821 days
  6. €109.0814 days
  7. €147.037 days
  8. €144.283 days
  9. €225.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €71.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 214 percent. The dearest point is €225.13, 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.
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. €136.03Sun
  2. €118.98Mon
  3. €115.68Tue
  4. €121.73Wed
  5. €140.98Thu
  6. €111.28Fri
  7. €145.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Paulo

Coach
  • Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
  • 8017-10

Fortaleza

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
  • Terminal Lagoa
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 2,370 km against 2,370 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves São Paulo at 06:05 and the last at 21:24, across 36 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight6h 38m3h 28m3h 10m€177.73600.5 kg32
Coach31h 27m30h 43m44m€88.7364.0 kg36

Questions about São Paulo to Fortaleza

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 Paulo to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza takes 31h 27m door to door, of which 30h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 2,370 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 Paulo to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza starts at €88.73 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €108.53. 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 Paulo to Fortaleza?

3 operators run the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Expresso Guanabara, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 36 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 Paulo to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza leaves from Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 São Paulo to Fortaleza?

Travelling from São Paulo to Fortaleza by Flight costs €177.73 and takes 6h 38m door to door, against 31h 27m 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 São Paulo to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €71.68. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 214 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza produces about 64.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2370 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 Paulo to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 31h 27m 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 Paulo to Fortaleza on 18 September 2026: 2370 km of route against 2370 km in a straight line, 36 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €88.73, and 31h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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