Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 32m over 515 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.18, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€22.18
- 231%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Paulo Afonso
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.
- 06:05First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa 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 €66.18Fri18
- about €58.48Sat19
- about €50.78Sun20
- about €36.48Mon21
- about €42.53Tue22
- about €39.23Wed23
- about €44.18Thu24
- about €34.28Fri25
- about €40.33Sat26
- about €37.03Sun27
- about €28.23Mon28
- about €28.23Tue29
- about €32.63Wed30
- about €37.03Thu1
- about €30.43Fri2
- about €34.28Sat3
- about €27.68Sun4
- about €24.38Mon5
- about €22.18Tue6
- about €29.33Wed7
- about €31.53Thu8
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 João Pessoa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in João Pessoa for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Jardim Camboinha and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.9390 days
- €19.9860 days
- €22.7345 days
- €29.8830 days
- €31.5321 days
- €37.0314 days
- €44.187 days
- €50.783 days
- €66.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 231 percent. The most expensive point is €66.18, 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa 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
515 km
448 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
119,418 → 817,511
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 515 km against 448 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 Caruaru, Sertânia, Garanhuns, Vitória de Santo Antão. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 JPA into João Pessoa is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in João Pessoa
Settled in advance, so the ride into João Pessoa 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 Jardim Camboinha
Most of the points near Jardim Camboinha open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa
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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
The fastest journey from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa takes 7h 32m door to door, of which 6h 58m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 6m, 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
The cheapest fare from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa is €22.18, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €36.48. 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
The cheapest way from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa is by coach, at €22.18 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 7h 42m 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
Fares from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €19.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 231 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa, at €28.23. 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa, at €22.18 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
1 operators sell services from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa across 1 mode: Expresso Guanabara. 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
20 percent of the services we sell from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa are direct. The rest connect at Caruaru, Sertânia, Garanhuns, Vitória de Santo Antão, with about 54 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa use?
Services from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviário de Paulo Afonso and arrive at Terminal de Ônibus do Cidade Verde. 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa 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 Paulo Afonso to João Pessoa on September 17, 2026: 515 km of route against 448 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 7h 32m 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 João Pessoa a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of João Pessoa and across Brazil
Day trips that leave João Pessoa in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Paulo Afonso reaches 70 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 1,816 km. João Pessoa reaches 193 places in 1 countries, from 52 to 3,112 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Paulo Afonso
- 70Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in João Pessoa
Leaving João Pessoa
- 193Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 14Operators