Formosa to Salvador runs about 16 times a day, with the first departure around 06:14 and the last around 18:27. One passenger pays between €48.03 and €58.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 15h 33m over 1,144 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€48.03 to €58.48
- 179%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Formosa
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:14First departure
- 18:27Last departure
- 16Services per day
- 75%Run direct
Expresso São Luiz runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Formosa 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 €101.38Tue15
- about €101.93Wed16
- about €115.68Thu17
- about €87.63Fri18
- about €94.78Sat19
- about €82.68Sun20
- about €71.68Mon21
- about €63.98Tue22
- about €63.43Wed23
- about €77.73Thu24
- about €74.43Fri25
- about €74.43Sat26
- about €69.48Sun27
- about €58.48Mon28
- about €48.03Tue29
- about €58.48Wed30
- about €59.03Thu1
- about €54.63Fri2
- about €60.13Sat3
- about €53.53Sun4
- about €49.13Mon5
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 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
Sort by distance from Estação Paripe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Formosa to Salvador
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €55.7390 days
- €45.2860 days
- €51.3345 days
- €41.4330 days
- €49.1321 days
- €58.4814 days
- €71.687 days
- €115.683 days
- €101.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €41.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €115.68, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Formosa to Salvador and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,144 km
995 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
115,901 → 2,711,840
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,144 km against 995 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, Seabra, Barreiras, Brasília. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Salvador is large, and the road in from SSA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Salvador
Settled in advance, so the ride into Salvador costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Estação Paripe
Most of the points near Estação Paripe open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Formosa 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 it take to get from Formosa to Salvador?
The fastest journey from Formosa to Salvador takes 15h 33m door to door, of which 14h 51m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 16h 48m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Formosa to Salvador?
The cheapest fare from Formosa to Salvador is €48.03, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.41. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Formosa to Salvador?
The cheapest way from Formosa to Salvador is by coach, at €58.48 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 15h 35m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Formosa to Salvador?
Fares from Formosa to Salvador bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €41.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Formosa to Salvador?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Formosa to Salvador, at €58.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Formosa to Salvador?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Formosa to Salvador, at €38.13 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Formosa to Salvador?
3 operators sell services from Formosa to Salvador across 1 mode: Expresso São Luiz, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Rapido Federal Viacao. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Formosa to Salvador?
75 percent of the services we sell from Formosa to Salvador are direct. The rest connect at Vitória da Conquista, Seabra, Barreiras, Brasília, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Formosa to Salvador use?
Services from Formosa to Salvador by coach leave from Bus Station and arrive at Estação Pituba. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Formosa to Salvador?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Formosa to Salvador allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Formosa to Salvador on September 14, 2026: 1144 km of route against 995 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €48.03, and 15h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Salvador a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Salvador and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Salvador in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Formosa reaches 176 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 69 to 2,304 km. Salvador reaches 199 places in 8 countries, from 185 to 8,382 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Formosa
- 176Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 16Operators
Arriving in Salvador
Leaving Salvador
- 199Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 26Operators