São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal bus

Buses from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal start at €48.58 and take 17h 35m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal starts at €48.58 and takes 17h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,116 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 35mDoor to door
  • 16h 51mMoving
  • €60.68 to €129.43From
  • 06:47 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 37.9 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.

€60.68 to €129.43 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €129.43Mon21
  2. about €90.93Tue22
  3. about €107.43Wed23
  4. about €94.78Thu24
  5. about €101.38Fri25
  6. about €105.23Sat26
  7. about €92.03Sun27
  8. about €79.38Mon28
  9. about €71.68Tue29
  10. about €70.03Wed30
  11. about €74.98Thu1
  12. about €76.08Fri2
  13. about €71.68Sat3
  14. about €60.68Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€48.58
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG820007:306h 54m14:24Terminal Rodoviário de São João EvangelistaTerminal Rodoviário de Vitória da Conquista
  2. JS Turismo JS691615:178h 37m23:54Terminal Rodoviário de Vitória da ConquistaTerminal Rodoviário de Ribeira do Pombal

Changes at Vitória da Conquista, with 53 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 17h 8mCO2 37.9 kgChanges 1Changeable 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€52.9815h 18m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

The bus gets you into Ribeira do Pombal. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ribeira do Pombal for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviário de Ribeira do Pombal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal

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

  1. €68.3890 days
  2. €54.6360 days
  3. €46.3845 days
  4. €43.0830 days
  5. €52.9821 days
  6. €60.6814 days
  7. €92.037 days
  8. €107.433 days
  9. €129.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €129.43, 1 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.
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. €60.68Sun
  2. €79.38Mon
  3. €71.68Tue
  4. €70.03Wed
  5. €74.98Thu
  6. €76.08Fri
  7. €71.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São João Evangelista

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de São João Evangelista

Ribeira do Pombal

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Ribeira do Pombal
The journey

What the journey 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 1,116 km against 971 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, Jequié, Feira de Santana, Alagoinhas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 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 São João Evangelista at 06:47 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 São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal

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 Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal take?

The Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal takes 17h 35m door to door, of which 16h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 1,116 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 Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal cost?

The Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal starts at €48.58 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €51.33. 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 Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal?

1 operators run the Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal: 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 São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal use?

The Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de São João Evangelista and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Ribeira do Pombal. 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 Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal?

Fares for the Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal produce?

The Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal produces about 37.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1116 km, which works out at roughly 34 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 Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal?

Operators on the Coach from São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 35m 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for São João Evangelista to Ribeira do Pombal on September 20, 2026: 1116 km of route against 971 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €48.58, and 17h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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