Aracaju to Recife bus

Buses from Aracaju to Recife start at €22.18 and take 5h 58m at their fastest.

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Scenic view of Recife's waterfront architecture showcasing historic and modern buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

The Buses from Aracaju to Recife starts at €22.18 and takes 5h 58m door to door, run by 5 operators over 398 km, with around 45 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 58mDoor to door
  • 5h 14mMoving
  • €22.18From
  • 10.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€19.43
  1. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA404606:445h 42m12:26Rodoviária de AracajuIstmo do Recife

Door to door 6h 26mCO2 10.7 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.
OperatorFastest
Empresa Auto Viação Progresso5h 58m
Expresso São Luiz5h 57m
JS Turismo5h 57m
Kandango Transportes e Turismo5h 57m
Real Alagoas de Viacao5h 57m

Recife sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

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Rooms within reach of Recife Central Station

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Booking window

When to book Aracaju to Recife

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

  1. €19.4390 days
  2. €15.0360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €19.4330 days
  5. €22.7321 days
  6. €28.7814 days
  7. €34.837 days
  8. €37.583 days
  9. €45.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 205 percent. The most expensive point is €45.83, 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. €26.03Sun
  2. €22.73Mon
  3. €22.18Tue
  4. €23.28Wed
  5. €28.78Thu
  6. €27.13Fri
  7. €28.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Aracaju

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Aracaju
  • Terminal Maracaju

Recife

Bus
  • Istmo do Recife
  • TI Recife
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 398 km against 398 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 Aracaju at 06:03 and the last at 20:53, across 45 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
Flight4h 6m56m3h 10m€46.75100.9 kg6
Coach5h 58m5h 14m44m€22.1810.7 kg45

Questions about Aracaju to Recife

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Aracaju to Recife take?

The Coach from Aracaju to Recife takes 5h 58m door to door, of which 5h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 398 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 Aracaju to Recife cost?

The Coach from Aracaju to Recife starts at €22.18 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €22.18. 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 Aracaju to Recife?

5 operators run the Coach from Aracaju to Recife: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, Expresso São Luiz, JS Turismo, Kandango Transportes e Turismo, Real Alagoas de Viacao. Between them they file around 45 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 Aracaju to Recife use?

The Coach from Aracaju to Recife leaves from Rodoviária de Aracaju 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 Aracaju to Recife?

Traveling from Aracaju to Recife by Flight costs €46.75 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 5h 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 Aracaju to Recife?

Fares for the Coach from Aracaju to Recife bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 205 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Aracaju to Recife produce?

The Coach from Aracaju to Recife produces about 10.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 398 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Aracaju to Recife?

Operators on the Coach from Aracaju to Recife publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 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 modeled 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 Aracaju to Recife on September 10, 2026: 398 km of route against 398 km in a straight line, 45 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 5h 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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