João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha bus

Buses from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha start at €17.23 and take 5h 40m at their fastest.

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The Buses from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha starts at €17.23 and takes 5h 40m door to door, run by 2 operators over 334 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 40mDoor to door
  • 4h 56mMoving
  • €19.98 to €42.53From
  • 06:08 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 9.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.98 to €42.53 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.

Viacao Aguia Branca S A runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €42.53Sat19
  2. about €35.93Sun20
  3. about €23.83Mon21
  4. about €27.13Tue22
  5. about €24.38Wed23
  6. about €33.18Thu24
  7. about €25.48Fri25
  8. about €26.58Sat26
  9. about €24.38Sun27
  10. about €20.53Mon28
  11. about €23.28Tue29
  12. about €27.68Wed30
  13. about €25.48Thu1
  14. about €19.98Fri2

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 5, 2026

Cheapest€17.23
  1. Viacao Aguia Branca S A VA463006:374h 57m11:34Terminal Rodoviário de João MonlevadeTerminal Osmar Pechinho

Door to door 5h 41mCO2 9.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€20.53
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG703306:084h 56m11:04Terminal Rodoviário de João MonlevadeTerminal Osmar Pechinho

Door to door 5h 40mCO2 9.0 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€17.785h 12m
Viacao Aguia Branca S A€17.235h 8m

The bus gets you into São Gabriel da Palha. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in São Gabriel da Palha for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal Osmar Pechinho and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha

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

  1. €23.8390 days
  2. €13.3860 days
  3. €14.4845 days
  4. €19.9830 days
  5. €19.4321 days
  6. €19.9814 days
  7. €25.487 days
  8. €23.833 days
  9. €42.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 218 percent. The most expensive point is €42.53, 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. €24.38Sun
  2. €20.53Mon
  3. €23.28Tue
  4. €24.38Wed
  5. €25.48Thu
  6. €19.98Fri
  7. €26.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

João Monlevade

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de João Monlevade
  • Acesso ao km 20

São Gabriel da Palha

Bus
  • Terminal Osmar Pechinho
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 334 km against 290 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 Teixeira de Freitas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 90 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 João Monlevade at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha

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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha take?

The Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 4h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 334 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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha cost?

The Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha starts at €17.23 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €20.53. 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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha?

2 operators run the Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Viacao Aguia Branca S A. Between them they file around 3 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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha use?

The Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de João Monlevade and arrives at Terminal Osmar Pechinho. 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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha?

Fares for the Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 218 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha produce?

The Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha produces about 9.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 334 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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha?

Operators on the Coach from João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 40m 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 João Monlevade to São Gabriel da Palha on September 18, 2026: 334 km of route against 290 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 5h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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