Cheapest€17.23
- Expresso Guanabara EG331706:055h 20m11:25São João do Rio do Peixe bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 6h 4mCO2 10.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza bus
Buses from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza start at €17.23 and take 6h 4m at their fastest.
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The Buses from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza starts at €17.23 and takes 6h 4m door to door, run by 1 operator over 385 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 4mDoor to door
- 5h 20mMoving
- €21.63 to €63.98From
- 06:05 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 10.4 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.
€21.63 to €63.98 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.
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €63.98Fri18
- about €52.98Sat19
- about €38.68Sun20
- about €28.78Mon21
- about €35.38Tue22
- about €30.43Wed23
- about €34.28Thu24
- about €26.58Fri25
- about €30.98Sat26
- about €29.33Sun27
- about €21.63Mon28
- about €22.18Tue29
- about €25.48Wed30
- about €28.78Thu1
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 October 6, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €17.23 | 5h 49m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Fortaleza for the night the bus gets in
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When to book São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.4390 days
- €16.1360 days
- €19.4345 days
- €25.4830 days
- €25.4821 days
- €28.7814 days
- €34.287 days
- €38.683 days
- €63.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 297 percent. The most expensive point is €63.98, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €29.33Sun
- €21.63Mon
- €22.18Tue
- €25.48Wed
- €28.78Thu
- €27.68Fri
- €30.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 385 km against 335 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 Caraúbas, Mossoró, Salgueiro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves São João do Rio do Peixe at 06:05 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about São João do Rio do Peixe 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza take?
The Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza takes 6h 4m door to door, of which 5h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 385 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza starts at €17.23 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €24.38. 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza?
1 operators run the Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 4 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza leaves from São João do Rio do Peixe 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 297 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza produces about 10.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 385 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from São João do Rio do Peixe 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 6h 4m 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 São João do Rio do Peixe to Fortaleza on September 17, 2026: 385 km of route against 335 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 6h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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