Petrolina to João Pessoa bus

Buses from Petrolina to João Pessoa start at €34.28 and take 11h 3m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Petrolina to João Pessoa starts at €34.28 and takes 11h 3m door to door, run by 1 operator over 771 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 11h 3mDoor to door
  • 10h 19mMoving
  • €34.28 to €72.23From
  • 06:11 to 17:02First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 20.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€34.28 to €72.23 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €60.68Tue15
  2. about €70.03Wed16
  3. about €70.03Thu17
  4. about €72.23Fri18
  5. about €64.53Sat19
  6. about €60.68Sun20
  7. about €43.63Mon21
  8. about €46.93Tue22
  9. about €43.63Wed23
  10. about €52.43Thu24
  11. about €49.68Fri25
  12. about €54.63Sat26
  13. about €52.43Sun27
  14. about €34.28Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Cheapest€34.28
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG645906:1111h 15m17:26Rodoviária de PetrolinaTerminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde

Door to door 11h 59mCO2 20.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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
Expresso Guanabara€34.2810h 47m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into João Pessoa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in João Pessoa for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Petrolina to João Pessoa

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

  1. €39.7890 days
  2. €33.7360 days
  3. €36.4845 days
  4. €34.2830 days
  5. €35.3821 days
  6. €34.2814 days
  7. €43.637 days
  8. €70.033 days
  9. €60.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 108 percent. The most expensive point is €70.03, 3 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. €52.43Sun
  2. €35.38Mon
  3. €46.93Tue
  4. €43.63Wed
  5. €52.43Thu
  6. €49.68Fri
  7. €54.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Petrolina

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Petrolina
  • Rodoviária de Juazeiro

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
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 771 km against 670 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 Milagres, Recife, Paulo Afonso, Brejo Santo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 87 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 06:11 and the last at 17:02, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Petrolina 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 Petrolina to João Pessoa take?

The Coach from Petrolina to João Pessoa takes 11h 3m door to door, of which 10h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 771 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 João Pessoa cost?

The Coach from Petrolina to João Pessoa starts at €34.28 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €41.98. 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 João Pessoa?

1 operators run the Coach from Petrolina to João Pessoa: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 6 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 João Pessoa use?

The Coach from Petrolina to João Pessoa leaves from Rodoviária de Petrolina 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 Petrolina to João Pessoa?

Fares for the Coach from Petrolina to João Pessoa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 108 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Petrolina to João Pessoa produces about 20.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 771 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 João Pessoa?

Operators on the Coach from Petrolina 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 11h 3m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Petrolina to João Pessoa on September 14, 2026: 771 km of route against 670 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.28, and 11h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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