Petrolina to Salinópolis bus

Buses from Petrolina to Salinópolis start at €88.18 and take 21h 57m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Petrolina to Salinópolis starts at €88.18 and takes 21h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,421 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 21h 57mDoor to door
  • 21h 13mMoving
  • €88.18From
  • 38.4 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€76.63
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG237006:3421h 13m03:47Rodoviária de PetrolinaTerminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz Alves

Door to door 21h 57mCO2 38.4 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€76.6319h 20m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

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

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Where to stay in Salinópolis

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Booking window

When to book Petrolina to Salinópolis

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

  1. €92.0390 days
  2. €54.0860 days
  3. €59.0345 days
  4. €57.9330 days
  5. €94.2321 days
  6. €91.4814 days
  7. €108.537 days
  8. €90.383 days
  9. €164.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 203 percent. The most expensive point is €164.08, 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. €110.73Sun
  2. €88.18Mon
  3. €88.18Tue
  4. €90.93Wed
  5. €109.63Thu
  6. €94.23Fri
  7. €111.83Sat
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

Salinópolis

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz Alves
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 1,421 km against 1,236 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, Capim Grosso, Juazeiro do Norte, Milagres. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 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 Salinópolis

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 Salinópolis take?

The Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis takes 21h 57m door to door, of which 21h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 1,421 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 Salinópolis cost?

The Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis starts at €88.18 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €98.63. 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 Salinópolis?

1 operators run the Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis: 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 Salinópolis use?

The Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis leaves from Rodoviária de Petrolina and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Engenheiro Luiz Alves. 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 Salinópolis?

Fares for the Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 203 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis produces about 38.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1421 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 Salinópolis?

Operators on the Coach from Petrolina to Salinópolis publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 57m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Petrolina to Salinópolis on September 11, 2026: 1421 km of route against 1236 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €88.18, and 21h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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