Salvador to Recife runs about 50 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 20:55. One passenger pays between €29.88 and €72.71, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 27m over 679 km, on services run by 7 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 7 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€29.88 to €72.71
- 151%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Salvador
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 20:55Last departure
- 50Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Salvador to Recife 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 €61.23Mon14
- about €53.53Tue15
- about €55.73Wed16
- about €56.83Thu17
- about €52.43Fri18
- about €55.18Sat19
- about €50.78Sun20
- about €35.93Mon21
- about €35.93Tue22
- about €37.03Wed23
- about €46.38Thu24
- about €42.53Fri25
- about €44.18Sat26
- about €40.88Sun27
- about €30.98Mon28
- about €29.88Tue29
- about €31.53Wed30
- about €35.93Thu1
- about €34.83Fri2
- about €35.93Sat3
- about €32.08Sun4
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 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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When to book Salvador to Recife
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €30.4360 days
- €26.0345 days
- €24.3830 days
- €32.0821 days
- €40.8814 days
- €50.787 days
- €55.733 days
- €61.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 151 percent. The dearest point is €61.23, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Salvador to Recife 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
679 km
675 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
2,711,840 → 1,653,461
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 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 679 km against 675 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 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.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
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.
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Questions about Salvador 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 Salvador to Recife?
The fastest journey from Salvador to Recife takes 4h 27m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 58m, 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 Salvador to Recife?
The cheapest fare from Salvador to Recife is €29.88, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €56.56. 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 Salvador to Recife?
The cheapest way from Salvador to Recife is by coach, at €35.93 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 9h 36m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Salvador to Recife?
The fastest way from Salvador to Recife is by flight, at 4h 27m door to door. Only 1h 17m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €72.71.
When should I book Salvador to Recife?
Fares from Salvador to Recife bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €24.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 151 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Salvador to Recife?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Salvador to Recife, at €35.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Salvador to Recife?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Salvador to Recife, at €23.83 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 Salvador to Recife?
7 operators sell services from Salvador to Recife across 2 modes: Azul, Expresso Guanabara, Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Sky Express. 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 Salvador to Recife?
Every service we sell from Salvador to Recife is direct, with around 64 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 27m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Salvador to Recife produce?
Travelling from Salvador to Recife by coach produces about 18.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 171.0 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Salvador to Recife use?
Services from Salvador to Recife by flight leave from Salvador SSA 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 Salvador to Recife?
5 of the 7 operators we sell from Salvador 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.
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 Salvador to Recife on 13 September 2026: 679 km of route against 675 km in a straight line, 64 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €29.88, and 4h 27m 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.
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.
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The two ends, compared
Salvador reaches 199 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 185 to 8,382 km. Recife reaches 192 places in 8 countries, from 43 to 7,712 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Salvador
- 199Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 26Operators
Arriving in Recife
Leaving Recife
- 192Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 24Operators