Cheapest€113.48
- Expresso Guanabara EG460606:1140h 42m22:53Estação Rodoviária de SantosTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
Door to door 41h 26mCO2 74.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santos to Fortaleza bus
Buses from Santos to Fortaleza start at €148.13 and take 41h 26m at their fastest.
The Buses from Santos to Fortaleza starts at €148.13 and takes 41h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,761 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 41h 26mDoor to door
- 40h 42mMoving
- €148.13From
- 74.5 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€202.03
- Givaldo Matos Santana GM935707:307h 42m15:12Estação Rodoviária de SantosEstação Hospital Belo Horizonte - MOVE Metropolitano
- Azul A437216:532h 53m19:46Belo Horizonte PLUFortaleza FOR
Changes at Belo Horizonte, with 101 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 14h 13mCO2 495.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expresso Guanabara | €113.48 | 36h 42m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Santos to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €176.1890 days
- €99.1860 days
- €109.6345 days
- €144.8330 days
- €176.1821 days
- €169.5814 days
- €259.237 days
- €225.683 days
- €379.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €99.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 283 percent. The most expensive point is €379.68, 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.
- €167.93Sun
- €148.13Mon
- €166.28Tue
- €155.83Wed
- €178.93Thu
- €176.18Fri
- €209.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Santos
Bus
- Estação Rodoviária de Santos
- Ferry Boat
Fortaleza
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
- Terminal Lagoa
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 2,761 km against 2,401 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 Petrolina, Santa Maria da Boa Vista, Senhor do Bonfim, Belo Horizonte. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Santos at 06:11 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 Santos to Fortaleza
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 Santos to Fortaleza take?
The Coach from Santos to Fortaleza takes 41h 26m door to door, of which 40h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 2,761 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 Santos to Fortaleza cost?
The Coach from Santos to Fortaleza starts at €148.13 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €155.83. 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 Santos to Fortaleza?
1 operators run the Coach from Santos to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara. 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 Santos to Fortaleza use?
The Coach from Santos to Fortaleza leaves from Estação Rodoviária de Santos and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 Santos to Fortaleza?
Fares for the Coach from Santos to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €99.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 283 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Santos to Fortaleza produce?
The Coach from Santos to Fortaleza produces about 74.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2761 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 Santos to Fortaleza?
Operators on the Coach from Santos to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 41h 26m 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 Santos to Fortaleza on September 11, 2026: 2761 km of route against 2401 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €148.13, and 41h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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