Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza bus

Buses from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza start at €38.13 and take 12h 28m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza starts at €38.13 and takes 12h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 784 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 28mDoor to door
  • 11h 44mMoving
  • €38.13 to €78.28From
  • 06:04 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 21.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 30, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€38.13 to €78.28 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 €67.83Tue15
  2. about €78.28Wed16
  3. about €73.33Thu17
  4. about €73.88Fri18
  5. about €69.48Sat19
  6. about €59.03Sun20
  7. about €41.98Mon21
  8. about €46.93Tue22
  9. about €53.53Wed23
  10. about €53.53Thu24
  11. about €55.18Fri25
  12. about €57.38Sat26
  13. about €52.98Sun27
  14. about €38.13Mon28

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 30, 2026

Cheapest€37.03
  1. Cooperativa de Transporte Rodoviario de Passageiros, Servicos e Tecnologia - Buscoop CT112006:0411h 44m17:48Presidente Dutra bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 12h 28mCO2 21.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€55.18
  1. Cooperativa de Transporte Rodoviario de Passageiros, Servicos e Tecnologia - Buscoop CT334207:302h 54m10:24Presidente Dutra bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela
  2. TAM Brazilian Airlines TA949911:451h 8m12:53Teresina THEFortaleza FOR

Changes at Teresina, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 20mCO2 131.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

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
Cooperativa de Transporte Rodoviario de Passageiros, Servicos e Tecnologia - Buscoop€37.0310h 57m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Fortaleza for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza

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

  1. €45.2890 days
  2. €34.8360 days
  3. €39.7845 days
  4. €38.1330 days
  5. €40.8821 days
  6. €38.1314 days
  7. €41.987 days
  8. €73.333 days
  9. €67.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 111 percent. The most expensive point is €73.33, 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. €52.98Sun
  2. €40.88Mon
  3. €46.93Tue
  4. €53.53Wed
  5. €53.53Thu
  6. €55.18Fri
  7. €57.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fortaleza

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
  • Terminal Lagoa
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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 784 km against 682 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 Piripiri, Teresina, Campo Maior, Altos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Presidente Dutra at 06:04 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza

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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza takes 12h 28m door to door, of which 11h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 784 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza starts at €38.13 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €46.93. 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza?

1 operators run the Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza: Cooperativa de Transporte Rodoviario de Passageiros, Servicos e Tecnologia - Buscoop. 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza leaves from Presidente Dutra bus station and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 111 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza produces about 21.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 784 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 28m 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 Presidente Dutra to Fortaleza on September 14, 2026: 784 km of route against 682 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.13, and 12h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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