João Pessoa to Caruaru bus

Buses from João Pessoa to Caruaru start at €11.73 and take 3h 33m at their fastest.

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The Buses from João Pessoa to Caruaru starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 33m door to door, run by 3 operators over 205 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 33mDoor to door
  • 2h 49mMoving
  • €11.73 to €19.98From
  • 06:17 to 18:09First and last departure
  • 16Per day
  • 5.5 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.

€11.73 to €19.98 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 €18.33Tue15
  2. about €19.98Wed16
  3. about €19.98Thu17
  4. about €18.33Fri18
  5. about €18.88Sat19
  6. about €18.33Sun20
  7. about €13.38Mon21
  8. about €13.38Tue22
  9. about €13.93Wed23
  10. about €16.68Thu24
  11. about €15.58Fri25
  12. about €17.23Sat26
  13. about €15.58Sun27
  14. about €11.73Mon28

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€11.18
  1. JS Turismo JS422710:353h 11m13:46Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade VerdeTerminal Rodoviário De Caruaru

Door to door 3h 55mCO2 5.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€11.73
  1. Kandango Transportes e Turismo KT454106:452h 49m09:34Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade VerdeTerminal Rodoviário De Caruaru

Door to door 3h 33mCO2 5.5 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 Auto Viação Progresso€11.733h 29m
JS Turismo€11.183h 29m
Kandango Transportes e Turismo€11.183h 28m

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

A hotel room

A room in Caruaru for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book João Pessoa to Caruaru

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

  1. €12.2890 days
  2. €11.1860 days
  3. €12.8345 days
  4. €10.0830 days
  5. €11.1821 days
  6. €11.7314 days
  7. €13.387 days
  8. €19.983 days
  9. €18.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 98 percent. The most expensive point is €19.98, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €15.58Sun
  2. €11.73Mon
  3. €13.38Tue
  4. €13.93Wed
  5. €16.68Thu
  6. €15.58Fri
  7. €17.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

João Pessoa

Bus
  • Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
  • TERMINAL - HEITEL SANTIAGO;Parada (final Heltel)

Caruaru

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário De Caruaru
  • Terminal Leste
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 205 km against 179 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 Camaragibe, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Vitória de Santo Antão, Recife. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 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 João Pessoa at 06:17 and the last at 18:09, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about João Pessoa to Caruaru

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 Pessoa to Caruaru take?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru takes 3h 33m door to door, of which 2h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 205 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 Pessoa to Caruaru cost?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru starts at €11.73 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €13.11. 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 Pessoa to Caruaru?

3 operators run the Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo. Between them they file around 16 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 Pessoa to Caruaru use?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru leaves from Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário De Caruaru. 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 Pessoa to Caruaru?

Fares for the Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 98 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru produce?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru produces about 5.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 205 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 Pessoa to Caruaru?

Operators on the Coach from João Pessoa to Caruaru publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 33m 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 Pessoa to Caruaru on September 14, 2026: 205 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 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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