Cheapest€51.33
- Expresso Guanabara EG121406:0816h 10m22:18Santa Maria do ParáTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 16h 54mCO2 32.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza bus
Buses from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza start at €60.13 and take 16h 54m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza starts at €60.13 and takes 16h 54m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,193 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 16h 54mDoor to door
- 16h 10mMoving
- €60.13 to €143.18From
- 06:08 to 14:21First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 32.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€60.13 to €143.18 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
- about €109.63Tue15
- about €105.78Wed16
- about €143.18Thu17
- about €94.23Fri18
- about €97.53Sat19
- about €92.58Sun20
- about €77.18Mon21
- about €60.13Tue22
- about €63.98Wed23
- about €79.38Thu24
- about €74.98Fri25
- about €76.08Sat26
- about €76.08Sun27
- about €60.13Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Fastest€93.13
- Comércio e Transportes Boa Esperança CT480007:306h 16m13:46Santa Maria do ParáTerminal Rodoviario do São Luís
- TAM Brazilian Airlines TA396514:381h 16m15:54São Luís SLZFortaleza FOR
Changes at São Luís, with 52 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 10h 21mCO2 177.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€59.03
- Comércio e Transportes Boa Esperança CT259307:3010h 42m18:12Santa Maria do ParáTerminal Rodoviário de Parnaíba
- Expresso Guanabara EG813519:095h 21m00:30Terminal Rodoviário de ParnaíbaTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Changes at Parnaíba, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 17h 44mCO2 30.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €51.33 | 16h 24m |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €54.63 | 16h 11m |
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When to book Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.6890 days
- €54.6360 days
- €59.5845 days
- €46.9330 days
- €52.4321 days
- €60.1314 days
- €77.187 days
- €143.183 days
- €109.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €46.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 205 percent. The most expensive point is €143.18, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €76.08Sun
- €60.13Mon
- €60.13Tue
- €63.98Wed
- €79.38Thu
- €74.98Fri
- €76.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Santa Maria do Pará
Bus
- Santa Maria do Pará
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 1,193 km against 1,037 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 Governador Nunes Freire, São Luís, Parnaíba, Maracaçumé. 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 Santa Maria do Pará at 06:08 and the last at 14:21, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Santa Maria do Pará 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza take?
The Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza takes 16h 54m door to door, of which 16h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 1,193 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza starts at €60.13 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €57.11. 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza?
2 operators run the Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza leaves from Santa Maria do Pará 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €46.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 205 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza produces about 32.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1193 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 54m 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 Santa Maria do Pará to Fortaleza on September 14, 2026: 1193 km of route against 1037 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €60.13, and 16h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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