São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 17:19. One passenger pays between €10.63 and €11.18, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 19m over 192 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€10.63 to €11.18
- 98%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São Miguel dos Campos
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:13First departure
- 17:19Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between São Miguel dos Campos and Caruaru.
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Expresso São Luiz runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru 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 €19.98Mon21
- about €19.43Tue22
- about €18.88Wed23
- about €18.88Thu24
- about €17.78Fri25
- about €19.98Sat26
- about €18.33Sun27
- about €13.38Mon28
- about €12.28Tue29
- about €13.93Wed30
- about €15.03Thu1
- about €16.13Fri2
- about €15.03Sat3
- about €13.93Sun4
- about €10.63Mon5
- about €10.63Tue6
- about €11.73Wed7
- about €15.03Thu8
- about €13.38Fri9
- about €12.83Sat10
- about €12.28Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Caruaru. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Caruaru for the night the coach gets in
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When to book São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €12.2821 days
- €13.9314 days
- €18.337 days
- €18.883 days
- €19.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 98 percent. The dearest point is €19.98, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru 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
192 km
167 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
61,797 → 402,290
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 192 km against 167 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Recife, Propriá, Vitória de Santo Antão, Aracaju. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 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.
The fare from CAU into Caruaru is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Caruaru
Settled in advance, so the ride into Caruaru costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Terminal Rodoviário De Caruaru
Most of the points near Terminal Rodoviário De Caruaru open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru
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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
The fastest journey from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru takes 3h 19m door to door, of which 2h 37m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 31m, 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
The cheapest fare from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru is €10.63, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €16.68. 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
The cheapest way from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru is by coach, at €10.63 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 21m 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
Fares from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 98 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru, at €12.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru, at €10.08 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
2 operators sell services from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru across 1 mode: Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo. 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
60 percent of the services we sell from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru are direct. The rest connect at Recife, Propriá, Vitória de Santo Antão, Aracaju, with about 49 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru use?
Services from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviário de São Miguel dos Campos and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário De Caruaru. Allow about 44m 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 São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for São Miguel dos Campos to Caruaru on 20 September 2026: 192 km of route against 167 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 3h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Caruaru is somebody else's catalogue.

Day trips out of Caruaru and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Caruaru in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São Miguel dos Campos reaches 83 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 95 to 2,791 km. Caruaru reaches 157 places in 1 countries, from 46 to 2,936 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São Miguel dos Campos
- 83Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Caruaru
Leaving Caruaru
- 157Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 11Operators