Salvador to Montes Claros bus

Buses from Salvador to Montes Claros start at €32.63 and take 11h 24m at their fastest.

SalvadorSalvadorMontes ClarosMontes Claros
Stunning sunset view of Belo Horizonte's skyline blending nature and urban beauty.

The Buses from Salvador to Montes Claros starts at €32.63 and takes 11h 24m door to door, run by 2 operators over 819 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 11h 24mDoor to door
  • 10h 40mMoving
  • €42.53 to €82.13From
  • 06:33 to 16:49First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 22.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€42.53 to €82.13 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.

Kandango Transportes e Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Salvador to Montes Claros on your date, and you pay on their side.

Partner link. We do not sell this ticket, and we earn nothing from this one.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €82.13Fri18
  2. about €80.48Sat19
  3. about €60.13Sun20
  4. about €52.43Mon21
  5. about €51.88Tue22
  6. about €57.38Wed23
  7. about €55.18Thu24
  8. about €51.33Fri25
  9. about €54.63Sat26
  10. about €49.68Sun27
  11. about €42.53Mon28
  12. about €46.93Tue29
  13. about €48.58Wed30
  14. about €43.63Thu1

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 October 6, 2026

Cheapest€32.63
  1. Kandango Transportes e Turismo KT677016:4610h 40m03:26Estação PitubaTerminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas

Door to door 11h 24mCO2 22.1 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.
OperatorFromFastest
Gte Locadora Turistica€33.7311h 23m
Kandango Transportes e Turismo€32.6311h 24m

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

A hotel room

A room in Montes Claros for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas 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.

Booking window

When to book Salvador to Montes Claros

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

  1. €36.4890 days
  2. €28.2360 days
  3. €38.6845 days
  4. €37.5830 days
  5. €46.3821 days
  6. €43.6314 days
  7. €55.187 days
  8. €60.133 days
  9. €82.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €82.13, 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. €49.68Sun
  2. €42.53Mon
  3. €46.93Tue
  4. €48.58Wed
  5. €46.38Thu
  6. €51.33Fri
  7. €54.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Salvador

Bus
  • Estação Pituba
  • Terminal Retiro

Montes Claros

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 819 km against 713 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 Vitória da Conquista, Tobias Barreto, Monte Azul, Ilhéus. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 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 Salvador at 06:33 and the last at 16:49, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Salvador to Montes Claros

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 Salvador to Montes Claros take?

The Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros takes 11h 24m door to door, of which 10h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 819 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 Salvador to Montes Claros cost?

The Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros starts at €32.63 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €42.53. 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 Salvador to Montes Claros?

2 operators run the Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros: Gte Locadora Turistica, Kandango Transportes 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 Salvador to Montes Claros use?

The Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros leaves from Estação Pituba and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Hildeberto Alves de Freitas. 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 Salvador to Montes Claros?

Fares for the Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros produce?

The Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros produces about 22.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 819 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 Salvador to Montes Claros?

Operators on the Coach from Salvador to Montes Claros publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 24m 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 Salvador to Montes Claros on September 17, 2026: 819 km of route against 713 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €32.63, and 11h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Montes Claros is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Montes Claros and across Brazil

Day trips that leave Montes Claros in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

Plan with Ori

Ori, the trip planner

Ask it something like this