Cheapest€55.73
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG274715:3021h 20m12:50Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus stationEstação Pituba
Door to door 22h 4mCO2 39.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São Paulo to Salvador bus
Buses from São Paulo to Salvador start at €55.73 and take 19h 35m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price São Paulo to Salvador on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from São Paulo to Salvador starts at €55.73 and takes 19h 35m door to door, run by 5 operators over 1,456 km, with around 60 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 19h 35mDoor to door
- 18h 51mMoving
- €71.68 to €157.48From
- 06:06 to 21:24First and last departure
- 60Per day
- 39.3 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.
€71.68 to €157.48 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.
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São Paulo to Salvador 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 €157.48Fri18
- about €137.68Sat19
- about €129.43Sun20
- about €89.83Mon21
- about €88.73Tue22
- about €94.23Wed23
- about €118.43Thu24
- about €88.73Fri25
- about €90.38Sat26
- about €85.98Sun27
- about €73.88Mon28
- about €71.68Tue29
- about €77.18Wed30
- about €88.73Thu1
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €55.73 | 19h 34m |
| Gte Locadora Turistica | €56.83 | 19h 35m |
| JS Turismo | €56.28 | 19h 34m |
| Kandango Transportes e Turismo | €56.28 | 19h 34m |
 Viação | €55.73 | 19h 34m |
The bus gets you into Salvador. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Salvador for the night the bus gets in
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When to book São Paulo to Salvador
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.2390 days
- €46.3860 days
- €53.5345 days
- €61.2330 days
- €74.4321 days
- €88.7314 days
- €118.437 days
- €129.433 days
- €157.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €46.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 240 percent. The most expensive point is €157.48, 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.
- €85.98Sun
- €73.88Mon
- €71.68Tue
- €77.18Wed
- €88.73Thu
- €88.73Fri
- €90.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São Paulo
Bus
- Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
- 8017-10
Salvador
Bus
- Estação Pituba
- Terminal Retiro
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,456 km against 1,456 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 06:06 and the last at 21:24, across 60 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 | 5h 28m | 2h 18m | 3h 10m | €112.24 | 368.8 kg | 32 |
| Coach | 19h 35m | 18h 51m | 44m | €55.73 | 39.3 kg | 60 |
Questions about São Paulo to Salvador
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 Salvador take?
The Coach from São Paulo to Salvador takes 19h 35m door to door, of which 18h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 1,456 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 Salvador cost?
The Coach from São Paulo to Salvador starts at €55.73 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €68.11. 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 São Paulo to Salvador?
5 operators run the Coach from São Paulo to Salvador: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Gte Locadora Turistica, JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Viação. Between them they file around 60 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 Salvador use?
The Coach from São Paulo to Salvador leaves from Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station and arrives at Estação Pituba. 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 Salvador?
Traveling from São Paulo to Salvador by Flight costs €112.24 and takes 5h 28m door to door, against 19h 35m 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 Salvador?
Fares for the Coach from São Paulo to Salvador bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €46.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 240 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São Paulo to Salvador produce?
The Coach from São Paulo to Salvador produces about 39.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1456 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 Salvador?
Operators on the Coach from São Paulo to Salvador publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 19h 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 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 Salvador on September 17, 2026: 1456 km of route against 1456 km in a straight line, 60 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €55.73, and 19h 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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