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Frankfurt am Main to Recife

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Frankfurt am Main to Recife. From €566.84, fastest 13h 41m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Frankfurt am Main to Recife runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €581.29 and €727.02, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 13h 41m over 7,944 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 19 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 5 October 2026

€581.29 to €727.02

  • 244%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Frankfurt am Main

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.

  • 06:15First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,681.05Sun20
  2. about €1,227.34Mon21
  3. about €1,243.27Tue22
  4. about €965.59Wed23
  5. about €1,325.28Thu24
  6. about €1,148.87Fri25
  7. about €1,257.09Sat26
  8. about €978.36Sun27
  9. about €764.19Mon28
  10. about €837.94Tue29
  11. about €836.89Wed30
  12. about €997.49Thu1
  13. about €996.06Fri2
  14. about €912.87Sat3
  15. about €762.42Sun4
  16. about €566.84Mon5
  17. about €570.67Tue6
  18. about €609.61Wed7
  19. about €837.94Thu8
  20. about €727.02Fri9
  21. about €770.89Sat10

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 flight gets you into Recife. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Recife for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Recife Central Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Frankfurt am Main to Recife

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

  1. €794.2890 days
  2. €542.0960 days
  3. €488.0745 days
  4. €577.8430 days
  5. €770.8921 days
  6. €912.8714 days
  7. €1,257.097 days
  8. €1,243.273 days
  9. €1,681.051 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €488.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 244 percent. The dearest point is €1,681.05, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€1,681.05€488.07137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Frankfurt am Main to Recife and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

7,944 km

7,712 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

650,0001,653,461

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt am MainRecifeRecife
The journey

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 7,944 km against 7,712 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Salvador, Madrid, Lisbon, Amsterdam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

Recife is large, and the road in from REC can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Recife

Settled in advance, so the ride into Recife costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Recife Central Station

Most of the points near Recife Central Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Frankfurt am Main 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 it take to get from Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

The fastest journey from Frankfurt am Main to Recife takes 13h 41m door to door, of which 11h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 14h 28m, 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 Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

The cheapest fare from Frankfurt am Main to Recife is €566.84, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,004.91. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

The cheapest way from Frankfurt am Main to Recife is by flight, at €581.29 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 14h 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 Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

Fares from Frankfurt am Main to Recife bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €488.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 244 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Frankfurt am Main to Recife, at €764.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Frankfurt am Main to Recife, at €517.57 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 services from Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

No operator record names Frankfurt am Main to Recife directly. Condor Flugdienst publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

20 percent of the services we sell from Frankfurt am Main to Recife are direct. The rest connect at Salvador, Madrid, Lisbon, Amsterdam, with about 48 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 Frankfurt am Main to Recife use?

Services from Frankfurt am Main to Recife by flight leave from Frankfurt am Main FRA and arrive at Recife REC. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Recife?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Frankfurt am Main to Recife 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Frankfurt am Main to Recife on 19 September 2026: 7944 km of route against 7712 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €566.84, and 13h 41m 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 Recife a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Recife and across Brazil

Day trips that leave Recife in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Frankfurt am Main reaches 426 places in 101 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 10,265 km. Recife reaches 192 places in 8 countries, from 43 to 7,712 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Frankfurt am Main

  • 426Places you can leave for
  • 101Countries
  • 148Operators

Arriving in Recife

Leaving Recife

  • 192Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 24Operators

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