Palmares to João Pessoa bus

Buses from Palmares to João Pessoa start at €15.03 and take 3h 43m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Palmares to João Pessoa starts at €15.03 and takes 3h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 221 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 43mDoor to door
  • 2h 59mMoving
  • €15.03From
  • 6.0 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€12.83
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG662116:453h 22m20:07Terminal Rodoviário de PalmaresTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde

Door to door 4h 6mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€14.48
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG517112:072h 59m15:06Terminal Rodoviário de PalmaresTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde

Door to door 3h 43mCO2 6.0 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
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€12.833h 43m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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 Palmares 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. €15.0360 days
  3. €11.7345 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €12.8321 days
  6. €15.0314 days
  7. €19.437 days
  8. €18.333 days
  9. €19.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 88 percent. The most expensive point is €19.98, 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. €15.03Sun
  2. €15.03Mon
  3. €15.58Tue
  4. €16.68Wed
  5. €20.53Thu
  6. €18.88Fri
  7. €17.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Palmares

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Palmares
  • Parada Expressa Centro

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
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 221 km against 192 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 Maceió. 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 Palmares at 06:34 and the last at 16:45, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Palmares 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 Palmares to João Pessoa take?

The Coach from Palmares to João Pessoa takes 3h 43m door to door, of which 2h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 221 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 Palmares to João Pessoa cost?

The Coach from Palmares to João Pessoa starts at €15.03 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €14.76. 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 Palmares to João Pessoa?

1 operators run the Coach from Palmares to João Pessoa: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 4 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 Palmares to João Pessoa use?

The Coach from Palmares to João Pessoa leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Palmares 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 Palmares to João Pessoa?

Fares for the Coach from Palmares to João Pessoa bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 88 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Palmares to João Pessoa produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 221 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 Palmares to João Pessoa?

Operators on the Coach from Palmares 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 43m 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 Palmares to João Pessoa on September 13, 2026: 221 km of route against 192 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 3h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

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Things to do in João Pessoa

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