Cheapest€11.73
- Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA410516:502h 42m19:32Terminal Rodoviário de MaceióIstmo do Recife
Door to door 3h 26mCO2 5.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Maceió to Recife bus
Buses from Maceió to Recife start at €11.73 and take 3h 26m at their fastest.
The Buses from Maceió to Recife starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 26m door to door, run by 4 operators over 202 km, with around 32 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 26mDoor to door
- 2h 42mMoving
- €11.73From
- 5.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 23 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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Rooms within reach of Recife Central Station
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When to book Maceió to Recife
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €10.6360 days
- €11.7345 days
- €11.1830 days
- €11.7321 days
- €11.7314 days
- €13.387 days
- €18.333 days
- €23.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 119 percent. The dearest point is €23.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.03Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €11.73Wed
- €16.13Thu
- €15.58Fri
- €15.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Maceió
Coach
- Terminal Rodoviário de Maceió
- Rotary Bus Terminal
Recife
Coach
- Istmo do Recife
- TI Recife
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 202 km against 202 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Maceió at 06:08 and the last at 20:50, across 32 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 3h 26m | 2h 42m | 44m | €11.73 | 5.5 kg | 32 |
| Flight | 3h 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 51.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Maceió to Recife
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 Maceió to Recife take?
The Coach from Maceió to Recife takes 3h 26m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 202 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 Maceió to Recife cost?
The Coach from Maceió to Recife starts at €11.73 for one passenger, checked on 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €14.48. 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 Maceió to Recife?
4 operators run the Coach from Maceió to Recife: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo, Real Alagoas de Viacao. Between them they file around 32 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 Maceió to Recife use?
The Coach from Maceió to Recife leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Maceió and arrives at Istmo do Recife. 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 Maceió to Recife?
The Coach is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Maceió to Recife, at €11.73 and 3h 26m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Coach from Maceió to Recife?
Fares for the Coach from Maceió to Recife bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 119 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Maceió to Recife produce?
The Coach from Maceió to Recife produces about 5.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 202 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 Maceió to Recife?
Operators on the Coach from Maceió to Recife publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 26m 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 Maceió to Recife on 9 September 2026: 202 km of route against 202 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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