Cheapest€19.98
- Expresso Guanabara EG764706:245h 56m12:20Terminal Rodoviário de Paulo AfonsoIstmo do Recife
Door to door 6h 40mCO2 10.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Paulo Afonso to Recife bus
Buses from Paulo Afonso to Recife start at €24.38 and take 6h 12m at their fastest.
The Buses from Paulo Afonso to Recife starts at €24.38 and takes 6h 12m door to door, run by 2 operators over 396 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 12mDoor to door
- 5h 28mMoving
- €24.38From
- 10.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Empresa Auto Viação Progresso | €20.53 | 6h 1m |
| Expresso Guanabara | €19.98 | 5h 56m |
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When to book Paulo Afonso to Recife
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.3890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €17.2345 days
- €21.6330 days
- €25.4821 days
- €29.8814 days
- €36.487 days
- €27.133 days
- €48.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €48.03, 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.
- €29.88Sun
- €24.38Mon
- €24.93Tue
- €24.93Wed
- €35.93Thu
- €32.08Fri
- €29.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Paulo Afonso
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Paulo Afonso
- Terminal Urbano de Paulo Afonso - BTN
Recife
Bus
- Istmo do Recife
- TI Recife
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 396 km against 396 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 Caruaru, Propriá, Canapi, Maceió. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Paulo Afonso at 06:03 and the last at 07:30, across 6 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 | €49.11 | 100.4 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 6h 12m | 5h 28m | 44m | €24.38 | 10.7 kg | 6 |
Questions about Paulo Afonso 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife take?
The Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife takes 6h 12m door to door, of which 5h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 396 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife cost?
The Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife starts at €24.38 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €29.33. 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife?
2 operators run the Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife: Empresa Auto Viação Progresso, Expresso Guanabara. Between them they file around 6 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife use?
The Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife leaves from Terminal Rodoviário de Paulo Afonso 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Paulo Afonso to Recife?
Traveling from Paulo Afonso to Recife by Flight costs €49.11 and takes 4h 9m door to door, against 6h 12m 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife?
Fares for the Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife produce?
The Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife produces about 10.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 396 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife?
Operators on the Coach from Paulo Afonso to Recife publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 12m 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 Paulo Afonso to Recife on September 12, 2026: 396 km of route against 396 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.38, and 6h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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