Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte bus

Buses from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte start at €94.23 and take 25h 19m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte starts at €94.23 and takes 25h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,894 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

  • 25h 19mDoor to door
  • 24h 35mMoving
  • €94.23 to €208.63From
  • 06:47 to 18:08First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 51.1 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.

€94.23 to €208.63 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 €183.88Wed16
  2. about €208.63Thu17
  3. about €198.18Fri18
  4. about €155.28Sat19
  5. about €144.83Sun20
  6. about €123.93Mon21
  7. about €133.28Tue22
  8. about €99.18Wed23
  9. about €138.78Thu24
  10. about €127.23Fri25
  11. about €125.58Sat26
  12. about €111.28Sun27
  13. about €94.23Mon28
  14. about €105.78Tue29

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€73.88
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG444218:0824h 35m18:43Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano

Door to door 25h 19mCO2 51.1 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€73.8825h 14m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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

A hotel room

A room in Belo Horizonte for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte

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

  1. €81.0390 days
  2. €80.4860 days
  3. €76.6345 days
  4. €84.3330 days
  5. €73.8821 days
  6. €105.7814 days
  7. €133.287 days
  8. €198.183 days
  9. €183.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €73.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 168 percent. The most expensive point is €198.18, 3 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. €111.28Sun
  2. €94.23Mon
  3. €105.78Tue
  4. €99.18Wed
  5. €138.78Thu
  6. €127.23Fri
  7. €125.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fortaleza

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

Belo Horizonte

Bus
  • Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
  • Atalaia
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 1,894 km against 1,894 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Milagres, Juazeiro do Norte, Senhor do Bonfim, Petrolina. 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 Fortaleza at 06:47 and the last at 18:08, 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
Flight6h 5m2h 55m3h 10m€188.35479.9 kg6
Coach25h 19m24h 35m44m€94.2351.1 kg8

Questions about Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte

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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte take?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte takes 25h 19m door to door, of which 24h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 1,894 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte cost?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte starts at €94.23 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €89.56. 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte?

1 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte: 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte use?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Estação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano. 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte?

Traveling from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte by Flight costs €188.35 and takes 6h 5m door to door, against 25h 19m 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte?

Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €73.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 168 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte produces about 51.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1894 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte?

Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 25h 19m 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 Fortaleza to Belo Horizonte on September 15, 2026: 1894 km of route against 1894 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €94.23, and 25h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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