Cheapest€29.88
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG897614:477h 12m21:59Rodoviária de PetrolinaTerminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro
Door to door 7h 56mCO2 14.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Petrolina to Crateús bus
Buses from Petrolina to Crateús start at €32.63 and take 7h 56m at their fastest.
The Buses from Petrolina to Crateús starts at €32.63 and takes 7h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 540 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 56mDoor to door
- 7h 12mMoving
- €32.63From
- 14.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €29.88 | 7h 48m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Crateús. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Crateús
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When to book Petrolina to Crateús
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.4890 days
- €21.0860 days
- €23.2845 days
- €28.2330 days
- €29.8821 days
- €40.3314 days
- €57.387 days
- €61.783 days
- €67.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 219 percent. The most expensive point is €67.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €40.88Sun
- €34.28Mon
- €32.63Tue
- €35.93Wed
- €40.33Thu
- €37.03Fri
- €43.08Sat
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
Crateús
Bus
- Terminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro
- Terminal Rodoviário
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
- 40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 540 km against 470 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 Picos, Teresina, Paulistana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 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 Petrolina at 06:34 and the last at 14:47, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Petrolina to Crateús
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 Crateús take?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crateús takes 7h 56m door to door, of which 7h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 540 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 Crateús cost?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crateús starts at €32.63 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €35.93. 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 Crateús?
1 operators run the Coach from Petrolina to Crateús: 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 Crateús use?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crateús leaves from Rodoviária de Petrolina and arrives at Terminal Jardel Cavalcante Ribeiro. 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 Crateús?
Fares for the Coach from Petrolina to Crateús bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 219 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Petrolina to Crateús produce?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crateús produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 540 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 Crateús?
Operators on the Coach from Petrolina to Crateús publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 56m 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 Crateús on September 10, 2026: 540 km of route against 470 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.63, and 7h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Crateús is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Crateús
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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