Macaíba to João Pessoa bus

Buses from Macaíba to João Pessoa start at €11.73 and take 3h 24m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Macaíba to João Pessoa starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 172 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 24mDoor to door
  • 2h 40mMoving
  • €11.73From
  • 4.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

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

Cheapest€11.73
  1. JS Turismo JS354606:382h 40m09:18Macaíba bus stationTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde

Door to door 3h 24mCO2 4.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
JS Turismo€11.733h 8m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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

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Where to stay in João Pessoa

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Booking window

When to book Macaíba to João Pessoa

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

  1. €15.0390 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €13.9321 days
  6. €15.0314 days
  7. €20.537 days
  8. €18.333 days
  9. €22.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €22.18, 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. €14.48Sun
  2. €12.83Mon
  3. €12.83Tue
  4. €15.03Wed
  5. €15.58Thu
  6. €13.93Fri
  7. €15.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

João Pessoa

Bus
  • Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde
  • TERMINAL - HEITEL SANTIAGO;Parada (final Heltel)
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 172 km against 150 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 Igarassu, Recife, Abreu e Lima, Vitória de Santo Antão. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Macaíba at 06:38 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Macaíba to João Pessoa

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 Macaíba to João Pessoa take?

The Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa takes 3h 24m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 172 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 Macaíba to João Pessoa cost?

The Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa starts at €11.73 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €23.83. 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 Macaíba to João Pessoa?

1 operators run the Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa: JS Turismo. Between them they file around 5 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 Macaíba to João Pessoa use?

The Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa leaves from Macaíba bus station and arrives at Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde. 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 Macaíba to João Pessoa?

Fares for the Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa produces about 4.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 172 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 Macaíba to João Pessoa?

Operators on the Coach from Macaíba to João Pessoa publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 24m 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 Macaíba to João Pessoa on September 12, 2026: 172 km of route against 150 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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