Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão bus

Buses from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão start at €22.18 and take 8h 7m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão starts at €22.18 and takes 8h 7m door to door, run by 1 operator over 514 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 8h 7mDoor to door
  • 7h 23mMoving
  • €28.23 to €70.58From
  • 06:05 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 13.9 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.

€28.23 to €70.58 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.

Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

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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 €70.58Sat19
  2. about €50.78Sun20
  3. about €43.63Mon21
  4. about €40.33Tue22
  5. about €37.58Wed23
  6. about €44.18Thu24
  7. about €41.98Fri25
  8. about €33.73Sat26
  9. about €34.83Sun27
  10. about €28.23Mon28
  11. about €28.23Tue29
  12. about €31.53Wed30
  13. about €33.18Thu1
  14. about €40.88Fri2

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€22.18
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG323206:057h 23m13:28Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméSanta Quitéria do Maranhão bus station

Door to door 8h 7mCO2 13.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€24.92
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG151307:305h 38m13:08Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméTerminal Rodoviário de Parnaíba
  2. Expresso Guanabara EG177014:481h 50m16:38Terminal Rodoviário de ParnaíbaSanta Quitéria do Maranhão bus station

Changes at Parnaíba, with 100 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 9h 52mCO2 13.4 kgChanges 1Changeable 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
Expresso Guanabara€22.187h 28m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Santa Quitéria do Maranhão for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão

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

  1. €32.6390 days
  2. €22.1860 days
  3. €21.6345 days
  4. €28.2330 days
  5. €30.9721 days
  6. €40.8814 days
  7. €41.987 days
  8. €43.633 days
  9. €70.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 226 percent. The most expensive point is €70.58, 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. €34.83Sun
  2. €28.23Mon
  3. €28.23Tue
  4. €31.53Wed
  5. €33.18Thu
  6. €40.88Fri
  7. €33.73Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fortaleza

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

What the journey looks like

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 514 km against 447 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 Parnaíba. The gap between arriving and leaving is 100 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Fortaleza at 06:05 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão

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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão take?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão takes 8h 7m door to door, of which 7h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 514 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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão cost?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão starts at €22.18 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €23.55. 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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão?

1 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 2 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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão use?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Santa Quitéria do Maranhão bus station. 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 Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão?

Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 226 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão produce?

The Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão produces about 13.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 514 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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão?

Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Santa Quitéria do Maranhão publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 7m 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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão on September 18, 2026: 514 km of route against 447 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 8h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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