Petrolina to Contagem bus

Buses from Petrolina to Contagem start at €87.63 and take 21h 20m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Petrolina to Contagem starts at €87.63 and takes 21h 20m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,417 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 21h 20mDoor to door
  • 20h 36mMoving
  • €87.63From
  • 38.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€69.48
  1. Rapido Federal Viacao RF896307:303h 29m10:59Rodoviária de PetrolinaPonto de Apoio
  2. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG985812:0117h 13m05:14Ponto de ApoioTerminal Petrolândia

Changes at Capim Grosso, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 22h 28mCO2 39.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€84.33
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG852706:1020h 36m02:46Rodoviária de PetrolinaTerminal Petrolândia

Door to door 21h 20mCO2 38.3 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€76.0819h 11m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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

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Booking window

When to book Petrolina to Contagem

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

  1. €85.4390 days
  2. €54.6360 days
  3. €55.1745 days
  4. €57.3830 days
  5. €80.4821 days
  6. €95.3314 days
  7. €118.987 days
  8. €110.183 days
  9. €162.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €162.43, 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. €104.68Sun
  2. €93.68Mon
  3. €87.63Tue
  4. €89.28Wed
  5. €97.53Thu
  6. €95.33Fri
  7. €94.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Petrolina

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Petrolina
  • Rodoviária de Juazeiro

Contagem

Bus
  • Terminal Petrolândia
  • Ponto de controle Santa Edwiges
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 1,417 km against 1,232 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 Senhor do Bonfim, Vitória da Conquista, Capim Grosso, Riachão do Jacuípe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Petrolina at 06:10 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 Petrolina to Contagem

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 Petrolina to Contagem take?

The Coach from Petrolina to Contagem takes 21h 20m door to door, of which 20h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 1,417 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 Petrolina to Contagem cost?

The Coach from Petrolina to Contagem starts at €87.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €73.33. 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 Petrolina to Contagem?

1 operators run the Coach from Petrolina to Contagem: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. 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 Petrolina to Contagem use?

The Coach from Petrolina to Contagem leaves from Rodoviária de Petrolina and arrives at Terminal Petrolândia. 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 Petrolina to Contagem?

Fares for the Coach from Petrolina to Contagem bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Petrolina to Contagem produce?

The Coach from Petrolina to Contagem produces about 38.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1417 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 Petrolina to Contagem?

Operators on the Coach from Petrolina to Contagem publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 20m 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 Petrolina to Contagem on September 11, 2026: 1417 km of route against 1232 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €87.63, and 21h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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