Ceres to Prata bus

Buses from Ceres to Prata start at €27.68 and take 7h 33m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Ceres to Prata starts at €27.68 and takes 7h 33m door to door, run by 2 operators over 518 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 33mDoor to door
  • 6h 49mMoving
  • €27.68From
  • 14.0 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€24.38
  1. Planalto Transportes PT312006:387h 28m14:06Rodoviária IntermunicipalTerminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela Junqueira

Door to door 8h 12mCO2 14.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€29.33
  1. Planalto Transportes PT863614:256h 49m21:14Rodoviária IntermunicipalTerminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela Junqueira

Door to door 7h 33mCO2 14.0 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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€28.787h 31m
Planalto Transportes€24.387h 32m

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Booking window

When to book Ceres to Prata

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

  1. €24.3890 days
  2. €21.6360 days
  3. €25.4845 days
  4. €24.3830 days
  5. €25.4821 days
  6. €29.8814 days
  7. €39.787 days
  8. €53.533 days
  9. €62.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €62.88, 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. €33.73Sun
  2. €33.18Mon
  3. €27.68Tue
  4. €29.88Wed
  5. €36.48Thu
  6. €36.48Fri
  7. €35.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Ceres

Bus
  • Rodoviária Intermunicipal

Prata

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela Junqueira
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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 518 km against 450 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 Barretos, Brasília. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Ceres at 06:34 and the last at 14:47, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Ceres to Prata

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 Ceres to Prata take?

The Coach from Ceres to Prata takes 7h 33m door to door, of which 6h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 518 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 Ceres to Prata cost?

The Coach from Ceres to Prata starts at €27.68 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €29.61. 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 Ceres to Prata?

2 operators run the Coach from Ceres to Prata: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Planalto Transportes. 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 Ceres to Prata use?

The Coach from Ceres to Prata leaves from Rodoviária Intermunicipal and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Manoel Vilela Junqueira. 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 Ceres to Prata?

Fares for the Coach from Ceres to Prata bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Ceres to Prata produce?

The Coach from Ceres to Prata produces about 14.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 518 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 Ceres to Prata?

Operators on the Coach from Ceres to Prata publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 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 Ceres to Prata on September 9, 2026: 518 km of route against 450 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 7h 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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