Macaíba to Recife bus

Buses from Macaíba to Recife start at €17.23 and take 4h 38m 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 Macaíba to Recife starts at €17.23 and takes 4h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 287 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 38mDoor to door
  • 3h 54mMoving
  • €17.23From
  • 7.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€17.22
  1. JS Turismo JS500807:301h 57m09:27Macaíba bus stationMamanguape bus station
  2. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA580310:332h 15m12:48Mamanguape bus stationIstmo do Recife

Changes at Mamanguape, with 66 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 2mCO2 7.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€19.43
  1. JS Turismo JS200206:493h 54m10:43Macaíba bus stationIstmo do Recife

Door to door 4h 38mCO2 7.7 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
JS Turismo€17.234h 32m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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 Macaíba to Recife

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

  1. €16.1390 days
  2. €17.2260 days
  3. €17.2345 days
  4. €16.1330 days
  5. €17.7821 days
  6. €18.3214 days
  7. €19.437 days
  8. €31.533 days
  9. €34.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 113 percent. The most expensive point is €34.28, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €21.08Sun
  2. €18.88Mon
  3. €18.33Tue
  4. €18.32Wed
  5. €22.73Thu
  6. €22.18Fri
  7. €26.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

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.

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 287 km against 250 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 Mamanguape, Caruaru, João Pessoa, União dos Palmares. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Macaíba at 06:49 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 Macaíba 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 Macaíba to Recife take?

The Coach from Macaíba to Recife takes 4h 38m door to door, of which 3h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 287 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 Macaíba to Recife cost?

The Coach from Macaíba to Recife starts at €17.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €19.43. 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 Macaíba to Recife?

1 operators run the Coach from Macaíba to Recife: JS Turismo. 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 Macaíba to Recife use?

The Coach from Macaíba to Recife leaves from Macaíba bus station 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.

When should I book the Coach from Macaíba to Recife?

Fares for the Coach from Macaíba to Recife bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 113 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Macaíba to Recife produces about 7.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 287 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 Macaíba to Recife?

Operators on the Coach from Macaíba to Recife publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 38m 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 Macaíba to Recife on September 9, 2026: 287 km of route against 250 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 4h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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