Cheapest€90.93
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG399809:1432h 52m18:06Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 33h 36mCO2 64.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São Paulo to Fortaleza bus
Buses from São Paulo to Fortaleza start at €99.73 and take 31h 30m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price São Paulo to Fortaleza on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from São Paulo to Fortaleza starts at €99.73 and takes 31h 30m door to door, run by 3 operators over 2,370 km, with around 36 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 31h 30mDoor to door
- 30h 46mMoving
- €99.73 to €190.48From
- 06:03 to 21:08First and last departure
- 36Per day
- 64.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€99.73 to €190.48 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 €174.53Tue15
- about €186.08Wed16
- about €190.48Thu17
- about €175.08Fri18
- about €182.78Sat19
- about €170.68Sun20
- about €116.23Mon21
- about €117.33Tue22
- about €122.28Wed23
- about €153.63Thu24
- about €147.03Fri25
- about €145.38Sat26
- about €136.03Sun27
- about €99.73Mon28
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 5, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €90.93 | 31h 19m |
| Expresso Guanabara | €96.98 | 31h 19m |
| Transportadora Turistica Suzano | €97.53 | 31h 23m |
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 Paulo to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €107.9890 days
- €90.9360 days
- €105.2345 days
- €81.5830 days
- €90.9321 days
- €99.7314 days
- €116.237 days
- €190.483 days
- €174.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €81.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €190.48, 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.
- €136.03Sun
- €99.73Mon
- €117.33Tue
- €122.28Wed
- €153.63Thu
- €147.03Fri
- €145.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São Paulo
Bus
- Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
- 8017-10
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,370 km against 2,370 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves São Paulo at 06:03 and the last at 21:08, across 36 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6h 40m | 3h 30m | 3h 10m | €197.20 | 600.5 kg | 32 |
| Coach | 31h 30m | 30h 46m | 44m | €99.73 | 64.0 kg | 36 |
Questions about São Paulo 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 Paulo to Fortaleza take?
The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza takes 31h 30m door to door, of which 30h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 2,370 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 Paulo to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza starts at €99.73 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €111.28. 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 Paulo to Fortaleza?
3 operators run the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Expresso Guanabara, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 36 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 Paulo to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza leaves from Sao Paulo Jabaquara 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.
Is the Coach the best way from São Paulo to Fortaleza?
Traveling from São Paulo to Fortaleza by Flight costs €197.20 and takes 6h 40m door to door, against 31h 30m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €81.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza produces about 64.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2370 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 Paulo to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from São Paulo to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 31h 30m 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 Paulo to Fortaleza on September 14, 2026: 2370 km of route against 2370 km in a straight line, 36 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €99.73, and 31h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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