Cheapest€15.58
- Real Maia Transportes Terrestres RM245806:144h 17m10:31Rodoviária de PetrolinaTerminal Rodoviário de Cratos
Door to door 5h 1mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Petrolina to Crato bus
Buses from Petrolina to Crato start at €18.33 and take 4h 51m at their fastest.
The Buses from Petrolina to Crato starts at €18.33 and takes 4h 51m door to door, run by 2 operators over 309 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 51mDoor to door
- 4h 7mMoving
- €18.33From
- 8.3 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.
Fastest€18.88
- Real Maia Transportes Terrestres RM797414:014h 7m18:08Rodoviária de PetrolinaTerminal Rodoviário de Cratos
Door to door 4h 51mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Real Maia Transportes Terrestres | €15.58 | 4h 50m |
| Viação Pernambucana Transporte e Turismo | €16.68 | 4h 49m |
The bus gets you into Crato. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Crato for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Crato and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Petrolina to Crato
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.8890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €13.9345 days
- €13.9330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €19.9814 days
- €25.487 days
- €22.183 days
- €31.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €31.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €22.73Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €18.33Tue
- €19.43Wed
- €24.93Thu
- €22.18Fri
- €19.98Sat
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
Crato
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Cratos
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 309 km against 269 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, Cajazeiras, Picos, Paulo Afonso. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 06:14 and the last at 14:35, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Petrolina to Crato
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 Crato take?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crato takes 4h 51m door to door, of which 4h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 309 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 Crato cost?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crato starts at €18.33 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 Petrolina to Crato?
2 operators run the Coach from Petrolina to Crato: Real Maia Transportes Terrestres, Viação Pernambucana Transporte 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 Petrolina to Crato use?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crato leaves from Rodoviária de Petrolina and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Cratos. 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 Crato?
Fares for the Coach from Petrolina to Crato bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Petrolina to Crato produce?
The Coach from Petrolina to Crato produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 309 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 Crato?
Operators on the Coach from Petrolina to Crato publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 51m 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 Crato on September 12, 2026: 309 km of route against 269 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.33, and 4h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Crato to Petrolina busCompare every mode from Petrolina to CratoAçailândia to Crato busAlto Alegre do Maranhão to Crato busAnápolis to Crato busArapiraca to Crato busAraripina to Crato busArcoverde to Crato busBacabal to Crato busBarreiras to Crato busBelém de São Francisco to Crato busBelo Horizonte to Crato busBelo Jardim to Crato busBodocó to Crato bus
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Crato are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Crato and across Brazil
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Crato on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.