Imperatriz to Fortaleza bus

Buses from Imperatriz to Fortaleza start at €57.93 and take 16h 19m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Imperatriz to Fortaleza starts at €57.93 and takes 16h 19m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,164 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 16h 19mDoor to door
  • 15h 35mMoving
  • €57.93From
  • 31.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€49.68
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG312306:1116h 30m22:41Terminal de IntegraçãoTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 17h 14mCO2 31.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€77.73
  1. Cruzeiro do Norte Transportes CN724907:308h 55m16:25Terminal de IntegraçãoTerminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela
  2. TAM Brazilian Airlines TA278017:311h 8m18:39Teresina THEFortaleza FOR

Changes at Teresina, with 66 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 13h 6mCO2 141.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

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€49.6815h 54m
Expresso Satélite Norte€51.3315h 48m

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Booking window

When to book Imperatriz to Fortaleza

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

  1. €62.8890 days
  2. €41.4360 days
  3. €42.5345 days
  4. €43.0830 days
  5. €62.3321 days
  6. €62.3314 days
  7. €73.887 days
  8. €76.083 days
  9. €115.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €115.13, 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. €70.58Sun
  2. €60.68Mon
  3. €57.93Tue
  4. €64.53Wed
  5. €77.73Thu
  6. €73.33Fri
  7. €62.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Imperatriz

Bus
  • Terminal de Integração
  • Terminal Rodoviário Jackson Kepler Lago

Fortaleza

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
  • Terminal Lagoa
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 1,164 km against 1,012 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 Piracuruca, Campo Maior, Teresina, Piripiri. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Imperatriz at 06:11 and the last at 14:53, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Imperatriz to Fortaleza

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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza takes 16h 19m door to door, of which 15h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 1,164 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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza starts at €57.93 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €59.03. 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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza?

2 operators run the Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara, Expresso Satélite Norte. 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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza leaves from Terminal de Integração and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza produces about 31.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1164 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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from Imperatriz to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 19m 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 Imperatriz to Fortaleza on September 12, 2026: 1164 km of route against 1012 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €57.93, and 16h 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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