Cheapest€24.93
- Expresso Guanabara EG283306:088h14:08São José do Belmonte bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 8h 44mCO2 14.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza bus
Buses from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza start at €28.78 and take 8h 44m at their fastest.
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The Buses from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza starts at €28.78 and takes 8h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 531 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 8h 44mDoor to door
- 8hMoving
- €28.78 to €75.53From
- 06:08 to 07:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 14.3 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.
€28.78 to €75.53 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 €50.78Tue15
- about €51.88Wed16
- about €75.53Thu17
- about €61.78Fri18
- about €62.33Sat19
- about €43.08Sun20
- about €38.13Mon21
- about €40.33Tue22
- about €33.18Wed23
- about €37.03Thu24
- about €35.38Fri25
- about €50.78Sat26
- about €39.23Sun27
- about €28.78Mon28
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
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €24.93 | 7h 41m | 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.1890 days
- €28.7860 days
- €30.4345 days
- €24.9330 days
- €25.4821 days
- €28.7814 days
- €38.137 days
- €75.533 days
- €50.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 203 percent. The most expensive point is €75.53, 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.
- €39.23Sun
- €28.78Mon
- €40.33Tue
- €33.18Wed
- €37.03Thu
- €37.03Fri
- €50.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
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 531 km against 461 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 Campina Grande. The gap between arriving and leaving is 95 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 José do Belmonte at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about São José do Belmonte 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza take?
The Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza takes 8h 44m door to door, of which 8h is spent moving. The route runs 531 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza starts at €28.78 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €39.23. 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza?
1 operators run the Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 2 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza leaves from São José do Belmonte 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 203 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from São José do Belmonte to Fortaleza produces about 14.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 531 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from São José do Belmonte 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 8h 44m 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 José do Belmonte to Fortaleza on September 14, 2026: 531 km of route against 461 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €28.78, and 8h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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