Brasília to Crateús bus

Buses from Brasília to Crateús start at €80.48 and take 22h 34m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Brasília to Crateús starts at €80.48 and takes 22h 34m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,634 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 22h 34mDoor to door
  • 21h 50mMoving
  • €80.48From
  • 44.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€66.73
  1. Gran Express Transportes e Turismo GE870706:1622h 43m04:59Antiga Rodoferroviária de BrasíliaTerminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro

Door to door 23h 27mCO2 44.1 kgChanges 0Changeable 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Expresso Guanabara€68.3821h 55m
Gran Express Transportes e Turismo€66.7321h 54m

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Crateús

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Booking window

When to book Brasília to Crateús

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

  1. €99.7390 days
  2. €55.7360 days
  3. €55.1845 days
  4. €72.7830 days
  5. €95.3321 days
  6. €85.4314 days
  7. €110.737 days
  8. €110.183 days
  9. €191.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €55.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 246 percent. The most expensive point is €191.03, 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. €93.68Sun
  2. €85.43Mon
  3. €80.48Tue
  4. €88.73Wed
  5. €107.43Thu
  6. €95.33Fri
  7. €106.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Brasília

Bus
  • Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília
  • Terminal da Asa Sul

Crateús

Bus
  • Terminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro
  • Terminal Rodoviário
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
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 1,634 km against 1,421 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 Canto do Buriti, Barreiras, Luis Eduardo Magalhães, Oeiras. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Brasília at 06:08 and the last at 14:21, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Brasília to Crateús

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 Brasília to Crateús take?

The Coach from Brasília to Crateús takes 22h 34m door to door, of which 21h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 1,634 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 Brasília to Crateús cost?

The Coach from Brasília to Crateús starts at €80.48 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €82.68. 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 Brasília to Crateús?

2 operators run the Coach from Brasília to Crateús: Expresso Guanabara, Gran Express Transportes e Turismo. Between them they file around 7 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 Brasília to Crateús use?

The Coach from Brasília to Crateús leaves from Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília and arrives at Terminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro. 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 Brasília to Crateús?

Fares for the Coach from Brasília to Crateús bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €55.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 246 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Brasília to Crateús produce?

The Coach from Brasília to Crateús produces about 44.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1634 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 Brasília to Crateús?

Operators on the Coach from Brasília to Crateús publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 22h 34m 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 Brasília to Crateús on September 11, 2026: 1634 km of route against 1421 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €80.48, and 22h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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