João Pessoa to São Luís runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:17 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €60.13 and €61.23, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 18h 11m over 1,338 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€60.13 to €61.23
- 185%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving João Pessoa
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.
- 06:17First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Empresa Auto Viação Progresso runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for João Pessoa to São Luís 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 €133.83Fri18
- about €134.38Sat19
- about €103.58Sun20
- about €104.13Mon21
- about €93.13Tue22
- about €107.98Wed23
- about €122.28Thu24
- about €97.53Fri25
- about €85.98Sat26
- about €98.08Sun27
- about €90.93Mon28
- about €73.33Tue29
- about €83.23Wed30
- about €75.53Thu1
- about €74.98Fri2
- about €73.88Sat3
- about €61.23Sun4
- about €60.13Mon5
- about €61.78Tue6
- about €63.98Wed7
- about €69.48Thu8
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 São Luís. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São Luís for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book João Pessoa to São Luís
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €63.9890 days
- €46.9360 days
- €65.6345 days
- €61.7830 days
- €69.4821 days
- €75.5314 days
- €122.287 days
- €103.583 days
- €133.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €46.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €133.83, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to João Pessoa to São Luís 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
1,338 km
1,163 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
817,511 → 917,237
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 1,338 km against 1,163 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 Teresina, Demerval Lobão, Fortaleza, Natal. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
The fare from SLZ into São Luís is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in São Luís
Settled in advance, so the ride into São Luís 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 Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís
Most of the points near Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about João Pessoa to São Luís
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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
The fastest journey from João Pessoa to São Luís takes 18h 11m door to door, of which 19h 18m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 19h 31m, 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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
The cheapest fare from João Pessoa to São Luís is €60.13, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €93.13. 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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
The cheapest way from João Pessoa to São Luís is by coach, at €60.13 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 20h 2m 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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
Fares from João Pessoa to São Luís bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €46.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 185 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for João Pessoa to São Luís?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from João Pessoa to São Luís, at €73.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for João Pessoa to São Luís?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from João Pessoa to São Luís, at €50.78 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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
1 operators sell services from João Pessoa to São Luís across 1 mode: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso. 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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
20 percent of the services we sell from João Pessoa to São Luís are direct. The rest connect at Teresina, Demerval Lobão, Fortaleza, Natal, with about 67 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 João Pessoa to São Luís use?
Services from João Pessoa to São Luís by coach leave from Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde and arrive at Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís. 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 João Pessoa to São Luís?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from João Pessoa to São Luís 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 João Pessoa to São Luís on September 17, 2026: 1338 km of route against 1163 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €60.13, and 18h 11m 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 São Luís a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of São Luís and across Brazil
Day trips that leave São Luís in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
João Pessoa reaches 193 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 52 to 3,112 km. São Luís reaches 88 places in 1 countries, from 284 to 2,351 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving João Pessoa
- 193Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 14Operators
Arriving in São Luís
Leaving São Luís
- 88Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 13Operators