Pereira is the capital of the department of Risaralda and the most populous city in the coffee growing region. It forms the Metropolitan Area of Centro-Occident together with the municipalities of Dosquebradas and La Virginia. Pereira is located in the central-western region of Colombia, in the valley of the Otún River in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.
Pereira’s climate oscillates between the following points: warm weather, 9.9%; average climate, 60.7%; cold weather, 11.5%; moorland, 17.7%; its average annual rainfall is 2750 mm.
Transportation in Pereira
Pereira has the most important airport in the coffee region, the Matecaña International Airport, which mobilizes more than 2 million passengers a year, between nationals and internationals.
Megabus, which is the Integrated Mass Transportation System of the so-called Western Central Metropolitan Area. connects to Colombian cities of Pereira, Dosquebradas and La Virginia.
Pereria has the intermunicipal and interdepartmental public land transport service terminal, the Terminal de Transportes de Pereira, from which transport services originate and arrive to the municipalities of Risaralda and other departments of Colombia.
Bus companies operating in Pereira
In the following table you can find the main intermunicipal transport companies that operate in Pereira
| Arimena | Autolegal | Coomotor |
| Cootranshuila | Coochoferes | Expreso Trejos |
| Expreso Brasilia | Expreso Bolivariano | Expreso Palmira |
| Flota Occidental | Flota Magdalena | Flota Ospina |
Routes and bus tickets from Pereira
From Pereira you can travel by bus to the main cities of Colombia, both within Risaralda and other departments:
Pereira to Armenia
Pereira to Bogotá
Pereira to Buga
Pereira to Cali
Pereira to Cúcuta
Pereira to Espinal
Pereira to Florencia
Pereira to Garzón
Pereira to Ibagué
Pereira to Ipiales
Pereira to Manizales
Pereira to Medellín
Pereira to Mocoa
Pereira to Neiva
Pereira to Palmira
Pereira to Pasto
Pereira to Pitalito
Pereira to Puerto Asís
Pereira to Quibdó
Pereira to Sevilla
Pereira to Tulúa
How to get to Pereira by bus
To get to Pereira by bus you can do it through the following routes:
Armenia to Pereira
Bogotá to Pereira
Buga to Pereira
Cali to Pereira
Espinal to Pereira
Florencia to Pereira
Ibagué to Pereira
Manizales to Pereira
Medellin to Pereira
Mocoa to Pereira
Neiva to Pereira
Palmira to Pereira
Pitalito to Pereira
Puerto Asís to Pereira
Quibdó to Pereira
Tuluá to Pereira
