Bacabeira to Fortaleza bus

Buses from Bacabeira to Fortaleza start at €38.68 and take 10h 33m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Bacabeira to Fortaleza starts at €38.68 and takes 10h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 743 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 33mDoor to door
  • 9h 49mMoving
  • €38.68From
  • 20.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€33.18
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG282206:1110h 57m17:08Bacabeira bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 11h 41mCO2 20.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€62.33
  1. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA511507:304h 50m12:20Bacabeira bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela
  2. TAM Brazilian Airlines TA278013:151h 8m14:23Teresina THEFortaleza FOR

Changes at Teresina, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 50mCO2 134.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€39.23
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG466907:304h 49m12:19Bacabeira bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Parnaíba
  2. Expresso Guanabara EG551713:535h 37m19:30Terminal Rodoviário de ParnaíbaTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Changes at Parnaíba, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 12h 44mCO2 18.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Expresso Guanabara€33.1810h 26m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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Booking window

When to book Bacabeira to Fortaleza

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

  1. €41.4390 days
  2. €27.1360 days
  3. €28.7845 days
  4. €27.6830 days
  5. €41.4321 days
  6. €38.6814 days
  7. €50.237 days
  8. €49.683 days
  9. €81.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €81.03, 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. €47.48Sun
  2. €39.23Mon
  3. €42.53Tue
  4. €42.53Wed
  5. €50.78Thu
  6. €47.48Fri
  7. €41.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Fortaleza

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

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
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 743 km against 646 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 Teresina, Campo Maior, Parnaíba, Piripiri. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Bacabeira at 06:11 and the last at 14:53, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bacabeira to Fortaleza

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Bacabeira to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza takes 10h 33m door to door, of which 9h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 743 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 Bacabeira to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza starts at €38.68 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €43.63. 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 Bacabeira to Fortaleza?

1 operators run the Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara. 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 Bacabeira to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza leaves from Bacabeira 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.

When should I book the Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza produces about 20.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 743 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from Bacabeira to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 33m 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 modeled 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 Bacabeira to Fortaleza on September 12, 2026: 743 km of route against 646 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.68, and 10h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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