Belo Horizonte to Salvador bus

Buses from Belo Horizonte to Salvador start at €38.13 and take 13h 16m at their fastest.

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Aerial view of Barra Beach and cityscape in Salvador, Brazil, showcasing vibrant coastal and urban harmony.

The Buses from Belo Horizonte to Salvador starts at €38.13 and takes 13h 16m door to door, run by 3 operators over 966 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 13h 16mDoor to door
  • 12h 32mMoving
  • €46.38 to €94.78From
  • 06:06 to 20:08First and last departure
  • 18Per day
  • 26.1 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.

€46.38 to €94.78 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 trip

Bookaway lists departures for Belo Horizonte 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

  1. about €94.78Sat19
  2. about €87.63Sun20
  3. about €62.88Mon21
  4. about €61.23Tue22
  5. about €66.18Wed23
  6. about €84.88Thu24
  7. about €60.13Fri25
  8. about €65.63Sat26
  9. about €57.38Sun27
  10. about €50.78Mon28
  11. about €48.58Tue29
  12. about €51.88Wed30
  13. about €61.23Thu1
  14. about €46.38Fri2

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€38.13
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG265117:3014h 10m07:40Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE MetropolitanoEstação Pituba

Door to door 14h 54mCO2 26.1 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€38.1313h 16m
Gte Locadora Turistica€38.1313h 17m
Viação€39.7813h 16m

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

A hotel room

A room in Salvador for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Belo Horizonte to Salvador

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

  1. €54.6390 days
  2. €31.5360 days
  3. €33.1845 days
  4. €39.2330 days
  5. €48.5821 days
  6. €46.3814 days
  7. €60.137 days
  8. €62.883 days
  9. €94.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €94.78, 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. €57.38Sun
  2. €50.78Mon
  3. €48.58Tue
  4. €51.88Wed
  5. €61.23Thu
  6. €48.58Fri
  7. €65.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Belo Horizonte

Bus
  • Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
  • Atalaia

Salvador

Bus
  • Estação Pituba
  • Terminal Retiro
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 966 km against 966 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 Belo Horizonte at 06:06 and the last at 20:08, across 18 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
Flight4h 50m1h 40m3h 10m€79.20244.8 kg8
Coach13h 16m12h 32m44m€38.1326.1 kg18

Questions about Belo Horizonte to Salvador

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 Salvador take?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador takes 13h 16m door to door, of which 12h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 966 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 Salvador cost?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador starts at €38.13 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €41.71. 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 Salvador?

3 operators run the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Gte Locadora Turistica, Viação. Between them they file around 18 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 Salvador use?

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador leaves from Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Belo Horizonte to Salvador?

Traveling from Belo Horizonte to Salvador by Flight costs €79.20 and takes 4h 50m door to door, against 13h 16m 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 Salvador?

Fares for the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador produces about 26.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 966 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 Salvador?

Operators on the Coach from Belo Horizonte to Salvador publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 16m 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 Salvador on September 18, 2026: 966 km of route against 966 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €38.13, and 13h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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