Cheapest€40.88
- Empresa Auto Viação Progresso EA536111:5113h 35m01:26Istmo do RecifeTerminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela
Door to door 14h 19mCO2 25.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Recife to Teresina bus
Buses from Recife to Teresina start at €49.13 and take 13h 4m at their fastest.
The Buses from Recife to Teresina starts at €49.13 and takes 13h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 935 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 13h 4mDoor to door
- 12h 20mMoving
- €49.13From
- 25.2 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.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Auto Viação Cruzeiro | €41.98 | 12h 58m |
| Empresa Auto Viação Progresso | €40.88 | 12h 54m |
The bus gets you into Teresina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Teresina
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When to book Recife to Teresina
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.0890 days
- €32.0860 days
- €39.2345 days
- €40.8830 days
- €51.3321 days
- €68.9314 days
- €81.587 days
- €96.983 days
- €107.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 235 percent. The most expensive point is €107.43, 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.
- €56.28Sun
- €49.13Mon
- €50.23Tue
- €56.28Wed
- €68.93Thu
- €68.93Fri
- €62.33Sat
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
Teresina
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela
- Terminal/Parada Final do Jardim Europa
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 935 km against 935 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 Sousa, Juazeiro do Norte, Cajazeiras, Campina Grande. 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 06:42 and the last at 16:56, across 9 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 52m | 1h 42m | 3h 10m | €93.95 | 236.9 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 13h 4m | 12h 20m | 44m | €49.13 | 25.2 kg | 9 |
Questions about Recife to Teresina
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 Teresina take?
The Coach from Recife to Teresina takes 13h 4m door to door, of which 12h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 935 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 Teresina cost?
The Coach from Recife to Teresina starts at €49.13 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €54.63. 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 Teresina?
2 operators run the Coach from Recife to Teresina: Auto Viação Cruzeiro, Empresa Auto Viação Progresso. Between them they file around 9 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 Teresina use?
The Coach from Recife to Teresina leaves from Istmo do Recife and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Teresina - Lucídio Portela. 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 Teresina?
Traveling from Recife to Teresina by Flight costs €93.95 and takes 4h 52m door to door, against 13h 4m 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 Teresina?
Fares for the Coach from Recife to Teresina bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 235 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Recife to Teresina produce?
The Coach from Recife to Teresina produces about 25.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 935 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 Teresina?
Operators on the Coach from Recife to Teresina publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 4m 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 Teresina on September 10, 2026: 935 km of route against 935 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.13, and 13h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Teresina is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Teresina
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Teresina, with free cancellation on most of it.
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