Belo Horizonte to Petrolina bus

Buses from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina start at €54.63 and take 17h 11m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina starts at €54.63 and takes 17h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,227 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 11mDoor to door
  • 16h 27mMoving
  • €54.63 to €125.58From
  • 06:47 to 19:56First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 33.1 kgCO2

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

€54.63 to €125.58 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.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €101.38Wed16
  2. about €125.58Thu17
  3. about €92.58Fri18
  4. about €100.83Sat19
  5. about €92.58Sun20
  6. about €76.63Mon21
  7. about €66.73Tue22
  8. about €67.28Wed23
  9. about €84.88Thu24
  10. about €85.98Fri25
  11. about €81.58Sat26
  12. about €71.68Sun27
  13. about €61.78Mon28
  14. about €54.63Tue29

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 October 6, 2026

Cheapest€47.48
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG917711:4117h 33m05:14Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE MetropolitanoRodoviária de Petrolina

Door to door 18h 17mCO2 33.1 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€47.4816h 38m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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

A hotel room

A room in Petrolina for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Belo Horizonte to Petrolina

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

  1. €51.8890 days
  2. €54.6360 days
  3. €51.3345 days
  4. €56.8330 days
  5. €47.4821 days
  6. €54.6314 days
  7. €66.737 days
  8. €92.583 days
  9. €101.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €47.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 114 percent. The most expensive point is €101.38, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €71.68Sun
  2. €61.78Mon
  3. €54.63Tue
  4. €67.28Wed
  5. €84.88Thu
  6. €85.98Fri
  7. €81.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Belo Horizonte

Bus
  • Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
  • Atalaia

Petrolina

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Petrolina
  • Rodoviária de Juazeiro
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,227 km against 1,227 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Capim Grosso, Senhor do Bonfim, Vitória da Conquista, Montes Claros. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Belo Horizonte at 06:47 and the last at 19:56, across 8 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
Flight5h 12m2h 2m3h 10m€106.93310.9 kg6
Coach17h 11m16h 27m44m€54.6333.1 kg8

Questions about Belo Horizonte to Petrolina

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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina take?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina takes 17h 11m door to door, of which 16h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 1,227 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina cost?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina starts at €54.63 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €64.26. 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina?

1 operators run the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina use?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina leaves from Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano and arrives at Rodoviária de Petrolina. 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina?

Traveling from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina by Flight costs €106.93 and takes 5h 12m door to door, against 17h 11m 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina?

Fares for the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €47.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 114 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina produce?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina produces about 33.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1227 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina?

Operators on the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Petrolina publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 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 Belo Horizonte to Petrolina on September 15, 2026: 1227 km of route against 1227 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €54.63, and 17h 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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