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Florianópolis to Recife

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Florianópolis to Recife. From €146.48, fastest 7h 2m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Florianópolis to Recife costs €146.48 at the cheapest and takes 7h 2m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,684 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,684 km
Fastest
7h 2m
Average
7h 15m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€146.48
CO2 per passenger
660.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight7h 4m3h 54m3h 10m€274.49660.3 kg1
  • 7h 4mFastest, by Flight
  • €274.49Cheapest, by Flight
  • 660.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,684 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€146.48
  1. Solimões Transportes de Passageiros e Cargas ST469307:3010h 8m17:38Terminal Urbano Cidade de FlorianópolisRodoviária de Pindamonhangaba
  2. JS Turismo JS659318:4530h 27m01:12Rodoviária de PindamonhangabaIstmo do Recife

Changes at Taubaté, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 42h 26mCO2 81.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€260.33
  1. Azul A195106:303h 54m10:24Florianópolis FLNRecife REC

Door to door 7h 4mCO2 660.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€149.23
  1. Empresa de Onibus Nossa Senhora da Penha EO592207:3011h 23m18:53Terminal Urbano Cidade de FlorianópolisTerminal Rodoviário de Resende
  2. JS Turismo JS386419:5030h 53m02:43Terminal Rodoviário de ResendeIstmo do Recife

Changes at Resende, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 43h 57mCO2 80.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Florianópolis to Recife
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Florianópolis to RecifeFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Coach€291.68€358.78€237.78€224.03€225.13€217.43€231.18€231.18€225.68€189.93€193.23€164.63€171.78€177.83
Flight€672.74€726.43€368.30€436.15€337.62€461.52€425.53€434.38€322.87€379.51€334.08€274.49€372.43€313.43

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €146.48

Recife is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Florianópolis to Recife

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €156.3890 days
  2. €99.7360 days
  3. €117.8845 days
  4. €144.2830 days
  5. €165.7321 days
  6. €177.8314 days
  7. €231.187 days
  8. €237.783 days
  9. €291.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €99.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €291.68, 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.
€291.68€99.731371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €189.93Sun
  2. €193.23Mon
  3. €164.63Tue
  4. €172.88Wed
  5. €177.83Thu
  6. €231.18Fri
  7. €225.68Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €225.13Sep
  2. €175.63Oct
  3. €154.73Nov
  4. €156.38Dec
  5. €154.18Jan
  6. €122.83Feb

The route

FlorianópolisFlorianópolisRecifeRecife
The journey

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 2,684 km against 2,605 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Aparecida, Resende, Taubaté, São José dos Campos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Florianópolis at 06:30 and the last at 06:30, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Florianópolis

Bus
  • Terminal Urbano Cidade de Florianópolis
  • Terminal Rodoviário Rita Maria
Air
  • FLN
Ferry
  • Terminal Lacustre Professora Ruth Bastos de Oliveira

Recife

Rail
  • Recife Central Station
Bus
  • Istmo do Recife
  • TI Recife
Air
  • REC
Ferry
  • Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros do Recife
  • Cais da Jaqueira

REC is not in Recife, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from REC into Recife?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Azul€255.027h 2m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Azul
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Coach fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€130.0089%
Taxes€13.009%
Supplier fees€1.491%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€146.48100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Recife?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Florianópolis 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 it take to get from Florianópolis to Recife?

The fastest journey from Florianópolis to Recife takes 7h 2m door to door, of which 3h 54m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 15m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Florianópolis to Recife?

The cheapest fare from Florianópolis to Recife is €146.48, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €345.29. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Florianópolis to Recife?

The cheapest way from Florianópolis to Recife is by Flight, at €274.49 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 7h 4m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Florianópolis to Recife?

Fares from Florianópolis to Recife bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €99.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Florianópolis to Recife?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Florianópolis to Recife, at €164.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Florianópolis to Recife?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Florianópolis to Recife, at €122.83 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Florianópolis to Recife?

1 operators sell services from Florianópolis to Recife across 1 modes: Azul. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Florianópolis to Recife?

20 percent of the services we sell from Florianópolis to Recife are direct. The rest connect at Aparecida, Resende, Taubaté, São José dos Campos, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Florianópolis to Recife use?

Services from Florianópolis to Recife by Flight leave from Florianópolis FLN and arrive at Recife REC. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Florianópolis to Recife?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Florianópolis to Recife allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Florianópolis to Recife on September 10, 2026: 2684 km of route against 2605 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €146.48, and 7h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Recife are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Recife before you go?

Day trips that leave Recife in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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