Niterói to Recife bus

Buses from Niterói to Recife start at €106.33 and take 31h 10m 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 Niterói to Recife starts at €106.33 and takes 31h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,148 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 31h 10mDoor to door
  • 30h 26mMoving
  • €106.33From
  • 58.0 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€104.67
  1. Kaissara K452207:3058m08:28Terminal de ItaipuaçuTeresópolis Bus Station
  2. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG982710:0928h 14m14:23Teresópolis Bus StationIstmo do Recife

Changes at Teresópolis, with 101 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 31h 37mCO2 58.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€122.83
  1. JS Turismo JS219707:3025h 26m08:56Terminal de ItaipuaçuTerminal Rodoviário de Maceió
  2. Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA527409:463h 3m12:49Terminal Rodoviário de MaceióIstmo do Recife

Changes at Maceió, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 30h 3mCO2 57.2 kgChanges 1Changeable 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€106.3328h 45m72 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 Niterói to Recife

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

  1. €99.7390 days
  2. €69.4760 days
  3. €85.9845 days
  4. €92.5830 days
  5. €123.3721 days
  6. €116.7814 days
  7. €152.537 days
  8. €160.233 days
  9. €204.221 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.47.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €204.22, 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. €136.03Sun
  2. €106.33Mon
  3. €115.13Tue
  4. €123.38Wed
  5. €123.37Thu
  6. €142.07Fri
  7. €141.52Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Niterói

Bus
  • Terminal de Itaipuaçu

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 2,148 km against 1,868 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 Maceió, Além Paraíba, Nova Friburgo, Teresópolis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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. 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 Niterói at 06:35 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 Niterói 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 Niterói to Recife take?

The Coach from Niterói to Recife takes 31h 10m door to door, of which 30h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 2,148 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 Niterói to Recife cost?

The Coach from Niterói to Recife starts at €106.33 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €121.73. 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 Niterói to Recife?

1 operators run the Coach from Niterói 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 Niterói to Recife use?

The Coach from Niterói to Recife leaves from Terminal de Itaipuaçu 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 Niterói to Recife?

Fares for the Coach from Niterói to Recife bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €69.47. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Niterói to Recife produces about 58.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2148 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 Niterói to Recife?

Operators on the Coach from Niterói 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 31h 10m 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 Niterói to Recife on September 10, 2026: 2148 km of route against 1868 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €106.33, and 31h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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