Cheapest€26.58
- Expresso Guanabara EG698106:118h 11m14:22Istmo do RecifeBus Station
Door to door 8h 55mCO2 15.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Aracati bus
Buses from Recife to Aracati start at €30.98 and take 8h 18m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Aracati starts at €30.98 and takes 8h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 578 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 18mDoor to door
- 7h 34mMoving
- €30.98From
- 15.6 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.
Fastest€36.48
- Kandango Transportes e Turismo KT428214:247h 34m21:58Istmo do RecifeBus Station
Door to door 8h 18mCO2 15.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lowest CO2€29.33
- Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA304007:302h 9m09:39Istmo do RecifeRodoviária Velha de Campina Grande
- Expresso Guanabara EG143910:275h 39m16:06Rodoviária Velha de Campina GrandeBus Station
Changes at Campina Grande, with 48 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 9h 20mCO2 15.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €26.58 |
| Kandango Transportes e Turismo | €29.33 |
The trip ends at Bus Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Aracati for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Recife to Aracati
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0290 days
- €25.4860 days
- €28.2345 days
- €26.0230 days
- €30.9821 days
- €33.7314 days
- €44.737 days
- €67.283 days
- €72.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 183 percent. The most expensive point is €72.23, 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.
- €38.13Sun
- €30.98Mon
- €31.53Tue
- €33.73Wed
- €47.48Thu
- €41.98Fri
- €38.68Sat
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
Aracati
Bus
- Bus Station
- Terminal Rdodviário Assis Nogueira
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 578 km against 503 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 Campina Grande, Açu, João Pessoa, Mossoró. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 Recife at 06:11 and the last at 14:53, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Recife to Aracati
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 Recife to Aracati take?
The Coach from Recife to Aracati takes 8h 18m door to door, of which 7h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 578 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 Recife to Aracati cost?
The Coach from Recife to Aracati starts at €30.98 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €32.08. 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 Recife to Aracati?
2 operators run the Coach from Recife to Aracati: Expresso Guanabara, Kandango Transportes e Turismo. Between them they file around 8 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 Recife to Aracati use?
The Coach from Recife to Aracati leaves from Istmo do Recife and arrives at Bus Station. 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 Recife to Aracati?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Aracati bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Aracati produce?
The Coach from Recife to Aracati produces about 15.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 578 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 Recife to Aracati?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Aracati publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 18m 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 Recife to Aracati on September 9, 2026: 578 km of route against 503 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.98, and 8h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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