João Pessoa to Salvador bus

Buses from João Pessoa to Salvador start at €31.53 and take 10h 44m at their fastest.

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The Buses from João Pessoa to Salvador starts at €31.53 and takes 10h 44m door to door, run by 5 operators over 763 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 44mDoor to door
  • 10hMoving
  • €40.33 to €83.23From
  • 06:13 to 19:52First and last departure
  • 30Per day
  • 20.6 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.

€40.33 to €83.23 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 São Luiz 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 €83.23Fri18
  2. about €73.88Sat19
  3. about €70.03Sun20
  4. about €50.23Mon21
  5. about €48.58Tue22
  6. about €50.78Wed23
  7. about €63.43Thu24
  8. about €49.13Fri25
  9. about €49.13Sat26
  10. about €46.38Sun27
  11. about €40.33Mon28
  12. about €40.88Tue29
  13. about €41.43Wed30
  14. about €48.03Thu1

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€31.53
  1. Rota Transportes Rodoviários RT458709:0810h 19m19:27Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade VerdeEstação Pituba

Door to door 11h 3mCO2 20.6 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€32.0810h 39m
Expresso São Luiz€31.5310h 41m
JS Turismo€32.0810h 40m
Kandango Transportes e Turismo€33.7310h 39m
Rota Transportes Rodoviários€31.5310h 40m

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

A hotel room

A room in Salvador for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Paripe 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 Pessoa to Salvador

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

  1. €33.7390 days
  2. €26.0360 days
  3. €29.8845 days
  4. €33.7330 days
  5. €40.3321 days
  6. €48.0314 days
  7. €63.437 days
  8. €70.033 days
  9. €83.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 220 percent. The most expensive point is €83.23, 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. €46.38Sun
  2. €40.33Mon
  3. €40.88Tue
  4. €41.43Wed
  5. €48.03Thu
  6. €49.13Fri
  7. €49.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

João Pessoa

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

Salvador

Bus
  • Estação Pituba
  • Terminal Retiro
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 763 km against 763 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves João Pessoa at 06:13 and the last at 19:52, across 30 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
Flight4h 35m1h 25m3h 10m€66.22193.4 kg8
Coach10h 44m10h44m€31.5320.6 kg30

Questions about João Pessoa to Salvador

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 Salvador take?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador takes 10h 44m door to door, of which 10h is spent moving. The route runs 763 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 Salvador cost?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador starts at €31.53 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €36.76. 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 Salvador?

5 operators run the Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Rota Transportes Rodoviários. Between them they file around 30 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 Salvador use?

The Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador leaves from Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde and arrives at Estação Pituba. 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 João Pessoa to Salvador?

Traveling from João Pessoa to Salvador by Flight costs €66.22 and takes 4h 35m door to door, against 10h 44m 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 João Pessoa to Salvador?

Fares for the Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 220 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador produces about 20.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 763 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 Salvador?

Operators on the Coach from João Pessoa to Salvador publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 44m 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 Salvador on September 17, 2026: 763 km of route against 763 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €31.53, and 10h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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