Cheapest€20.53
- Expresso Guanabara EG746711:416h17:41Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméTerminal Nova Natal
Door to door 6h 44mCO2 11.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Fortaleza to Natal bus
Buses from Fortaleza to Natal start at €24.93 and take 6h 42m at their fastest.
The Buses from Fortaleza to Natal starts at €24.93 and takes 6h 42m door to door, run by 2 operators over 436 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 42mDoor to door
- 5h 58mMoving
- €24.93From
- 11.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €20.53 | 6h 27m |
| Kandango Transportes e Turismo | €21.08 | 6h 28m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Natal is not something we sell.
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When to book Fortaleza to Natal
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.1890 days
- €18.8860 days
- €20.5345 days
- €21.0830 days
- €26.0321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €43.087 days
- €45.833 days
- €60.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 218 percent. The most expensive point is €60.13, 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.
- €28.78Sun
- €27.68Mon
- €24.93Tue
- €27.68Wed
- €32.08Thu
- €31.53Fri
- €29.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
Natal
Bus
- Terminal Nova Natal
- Terminal de Opcional Nova Natal
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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 436 km against 436 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Santa Rita, João Pessoa, Catolé do Rocha, Sousa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Fortaleza at 06:08 and the last at 17:20, across 9 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 9m | 59m | 3h 10m | €50.88 | 110.5 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 6h 42m | 5h 58m | 44m | €24.93 | 11.8 kg | 9 |
Questions about Fortaleza to Natal
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 Fortaleza to Natal take?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Natal takes 6h 42m door to door, of which 5h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 436 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 Fortaleza to Natal cost?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Natal starts at €24.93 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €27.13. 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 Fortaleza to Natal?
2 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Natal: Expresso Guanabara, Kandango Transportes e Turismo. Between them they file around 9 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 Fortaleza to Natal use?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Natal leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Terminal Nova Natal. 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 Fortaleza to Natal?
Traveling from Fortaleza to Natal by Flight costs €50.88 and takes 4h 9m door to door, against 6h 42m 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 Fortaleza to Natal?
Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Natal bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 218 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to Natal produce?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Natal produces about 11.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 436 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 Fortaleza to Natal?
Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Natal publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 42m 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 Fortaleza to Natal on September 10, 2026: 436 km of route against 436 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.93, and 6h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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