Cheapest€35.38
- Expresso Guanabara EG337106:1112h 4m18:15Terminal de Vans de ArapiracaTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 12h 48mCO2 21.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Arapiraca to Fortaleza bus
Buses from Arapiraca to Fortaleza start at €43.63 and take 12h 48m at their fastest.
The Buses from Arapiraca to Fortaleza starts at €43.63 and takes 12h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 808 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 48mDoor to door
- 12h 4mMoving
- €43.63From
- 21.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€45.83
- Expresso Guanabara EG344007:306h 7m13:37Terminal de Vans de ArapiracaRodoviária de Catolé do Rocha
- Expresso Guanabara EG557614:254h 54m19:19Rodoviária de Catolé do RochaTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Changes at Catolé do Rocha, with 48 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 12h 33mCO2 21.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €35.38 | 11h 17m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Arapiraca to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.2890 days
- €30.9860 days
- €35.3845 days
- €39.2330 days
- €44.1821 days
- €54.6314 days
- €85.987 days
- €90.933 days
- €107.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 249 percent. The most expensive point is €107.98, 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.
- €51.88Sun
- €43.63Mon
- €47.48Tue
- €48.58Wed
- €54.63Thu
- €65.63Fri
- €59.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Arapiraca
Bus
- Terminal de Vans de Arapiraca
- Rodoviária de Arapiraca
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
What the journey actually 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 808 km against 703 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 Catolé do Rocha, Sertânia, Arcoverde, São José do Egito. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Arapiraca at 06:11 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Arapiraca to Fortaleza
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 Arapiraca to Fortaleza take?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza takes 12h 48m door to door, of which 12h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 808 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 Arapiraca to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza starts at €43.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €42.53. 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 Arapiraca to Fortaleza?
1 operators run the Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 5 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 Arapiraca to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza leaves from Terminal de Vans de Arapiraca and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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.
When should I book the Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 249 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza produces about 21.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 808 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 Arapiraca to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from Arapiraca to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 48m 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 Arapiraca to Fortaleza on September 10, 2026: 808 km of route against 703 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.63, and 12h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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