Natal to Ribeirão Preto bus

Buses from Natal to Ribeirão Preto start at €123.93 and take 33h 59m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Natal to Ribeirão Preto starts at €123.93 and takes 33h 59m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,511 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 33h 59mDoor to door
  • 33h 15mMoving
  • €123.93From
  • 67.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€111.28
  1. Expresso São Luiz ES536107:3012h 58m20:28Terminal Nova NatalIpirá bus station
  2. M C Transportes & Turismo MC571421:3520h 48m18:23Ipirá bus stationRodoviária

Changes at Ipirá, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 35h 37mCO2 67.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€143.73
  1. JS Turismo JS540606:4933h 15m16:04Terminal Nova NatalRodoviária

Door to door 33h 59mCO2 67.8 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.
OperatorFromFastest
JS Turismo€112.9333h 18m
Kandango Transportes e Turismo€116.2333h 8m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Ribeirão Preto is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Natal to Ribeirão Preto

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

  1. €134.3890 days
  2. €84.8860 days
  3. €88.7345 days
  4. €84.3330 days
  5. €126.6821 days
  6. €134.3814 days
  7. €155.287 days
  8. €150.333 days
  9. €235.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €84.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €235.58, 1 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. €161.33Sun
  2. €123.93Mon
  3. €124.48Tue
  4. €132.18Wed
  5. €170.13Thu
  6. €149.78Fri
  7. €134.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Natal

Bus
  • Terminal Nova Natal
  • Terminal de Opcional Nova Natal

Ribeirão Preto

Bus
  • Rodoviária
  • Mini Rodoviária
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 2,511 km against 2,184 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 Ipirá, Ribeira do Pombal, Itaberaba, Feira de Santana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Natal at 06:14 and the last at 14:36, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Natal to Ribeirão Preto

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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto take?

The Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto takes 33h 59m door to door, of which 33h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 2,511 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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto cost?

The Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto starts at €123.93 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €122.56. 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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto?

2 operators run the Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto: JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo. 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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto use?

The Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto leaves from Terminal Nova Natal and arrives at Rodoviária. 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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto?

Fares for the Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €84.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto produce?

The Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto produces about 67.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2511 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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto?

Operators on the Coach from Natal to Ribeirão Preto publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 33h 59m 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 Natal to Ribeirão Preto on September 12, 2026: 2511 km of route against 2184 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €123.93, and 33h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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