Cheapest€113.48
- Expresso Guanabara EG826306:1141h 29m23:40Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João ToméEstação Rodoviária de Santos
Door to door 42h 13mCO2 74.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Fortaleza to Santos bus
Buses from Fortaleza to Santos start at €142.63 and take 42h 13m at their fastest.
The Buses from Fortaleza to Santos starts at €142.63 and takes 42h 13m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,761 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 42h 13mDoor to door
- 41h 29mMoving
- €142.63From
- 74.5 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.
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 | €113.48 | 36h 48m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Fortaleza to Santos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €176.1890 days
- €105.2360 days
- €121.7345 days
- €130.5330 days
- €166.8321 days
- €169.5814 days
- €281.787 days
- €225.683 days
- €404.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €105.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 285 percent. The most expensive point is €404.98, 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.
- €167.93Sun
- €142.63Mon
- €154.73Tue
- €157.48Wed
- €178.93Thu
- €169.58Fri
- €194.33Sat
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
Santos
Bus
- Estação Rodoviária de Santos
- Ferry Boat
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 2,761 km against 2,401 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 Belo Horizonte, Petrolina, Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Senhor do Bonfim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 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 06:11 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Fortaleza to Santos
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 Santos take?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Santos takes 42h 13m door to door, of which 41h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 2,761 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 Santos cost?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Santos starts at €142.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €136.03. 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 Santos?
1 operators run the Coach from Fortaleza to Santos: Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 4 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 Santos use?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Santos leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé and arrives at Estação Rodoviária de Santos. 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 Fortaleza to Santos?
Fares for the Coach from Fortaleza to Santos bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €105.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 285 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Fortaleza to Santos produce?
The Coach from Fortaleza to Santos produces about 74.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2761 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 Santos?
Operators on the Coach from Fortaleza to Santos publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 42h 13m 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 Santos on September 11, 2026: 2761 km of route against 2401 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €142.63, and 42h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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