Cheapest€91.48
- JS Turismo JS689414:4628h 38m19:24Istmo do RecifeRodoviária
Door to door 29h 22mCO2 54.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Ribeirão Preto bus
Buses from Recife to Ribeirão Preto start at €99.73 and take 28h 52m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Ribeirão Preto starts at €99.73 and takes 28h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 2,013 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 28h 52mDoor to door
- 28h 8mMoving
- €99.73From
- 54.4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JS Turismo | €91.48 | 26h 44m |
| Kandango Transportes e Turismo | €93.68 | 26h 45m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Ribeirão Preto is not something we sell.
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When to book Recife to Ribeirão Preto
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €108.5390 days
- €68.9360 days
- €71.6845 days
- €68.3830 days
- €116.7821 days
- €129.4314 days
- €155.837 days
- €148.683 days
- €220.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €68.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 222 percent. The most expensive point is €220.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €129.98Sun
- €99.73Mon
- €100.28Tue
- €106.88Wed
- €147.03Thu
- €121.18Fri
- €129.43Sat
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
Ribeirão Preto
Bus
- Rodoviária
- Mini Rodoviária
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,013 km against 2,013 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 Propriá, Feira de Santana, Jequié, União dos Palmares. The gap between arriving and leaving is 85 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 06:04 and the last at 14:46, across 8 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 | 6h 36m | 3h 26m | 3h 10m | €198.97 | 510.2 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 28h 52m | 28h 8m | 44m | €99.73 | 54.4 kg | 8 |
Questions about Recife to Ribeirão Preto
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 Ribeirão Preto take?
The Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto takes 28h 52m door to door, of which 28h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 2,013 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 Ribeirão Preto cost?
The Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto starts at €99.73 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €120.08. 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 Ribeirão Preto?
2 operators run the Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto: JS Turismo, 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 Ribeirão Preto use?
The Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto leaves from Istmo do Recife and arrives at Rodoviária. 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 Recife to Ribeirão Preto?
Traveling from Recife to Ribeirão Preto by Flight costs €198.97 and takes 6h 36m door to door, against 28h 52m 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 Recife to Ribeirão Preto?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €68.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 222 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto produce?
The Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto produces about 54.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2013 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 Ribeirão Preto?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Ribeirão Preto publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 28h 52m 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 Ribeirão Preto on September 12, 2026: 2013 km of route against 2013 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €99.73, and 28h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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