Brasília to Maceió bus

Buses from Brasília to Maceió start at €74.98 and take 19h 58m at their fastest.

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High-rise buildings in Maceió offer a stunning view of the coastline under a clear blue sky.

The Buses from Brasília to Maceió starts at €74.98 and takes 19h 58m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,486 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 11 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 19h 58mDoor to door
  • 19h 14mMoving
  • €74.98From
  • 40.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€65.08
  1. Kandango Transportes e Turismo KT374306:1121h 3m03:14Antiga Rodoferroviária de BrasíliaTerminal Rodoviário de Maceió

Door to door 21h 47mCO2 40.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Expresso São Luiz€65.0819h 57m
Kandango Transportes e Turismo€65.0820h 3m
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€67.2819h 57m

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Maceió is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Brasília to Maceió

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €84.3390 days
  2. €49.1360 days
  3. €53.5345 days
  4. €60.1330 days
  5. €70.5821 days
  6. €94.2314 days
  7. €116.237 days
  8. €112.933 days
  9. €167.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 242 percent. The dearest point is €167.93, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €85.98Sun
  2. €74.98Mon
  3. €77.18Tue
  4. €81.03Wed
  5. €98.08Thu
  6. €94.23Fri
  7. €92.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Brasília

Coach
  • Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília
  • Terminal da Asa Sul

Maceió

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Maceió
  • Rotary Bus Terminal
The journey

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
96% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 4% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,486 km against 1,486 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Propriá. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Brasília at 06:11 and the last at 19:15, across 16 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 31m2h 21m3h 10m€151.18376.6 kg8
Coach19h 58m19h 14m44m€74.9840.1 kg16

Questions about Brasília to Maceió

The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Brasília to Maceió take?

The Coach from Brasília to Maceió takes 19h 58m door to door, of which 19h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 1,486 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 Brasília to Maceió cost?

The Coach from Brasília to Maceió starts at €74.98 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €81.31. 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 Brasília to Maceió?

3 operators run the Coach from Brasília to Maceió: Expresso São Luiz, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 16 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 Brasília to Maceió use?

The Coach from Brasília to Maceió leaves from Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Maceió. 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 Brasília to Maceió?

Travelling from Brasília to Maceió by Flight costs €151.18 and takes 5h 31m door to door, against 19h 58m 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 Brasília to Maceió?

Fares for the Coach from Brasília to Maceió bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 242 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Brasília to Maceió produce?

The Coach from Brasília to Maceió produces about 40.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1486 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Brasília to Maceió?

Operators on the Coach from Brasília to Maceió publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 19h 58m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brasília to Maceió on 11 September 2026: 1486 km of route against 1486 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €74.98, and 19h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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