Fortaleza to São Paulo runs about 36 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 21:24. One passenger pays between €88.73 and €189.53, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 38m over 2,403 km, on services run by 7 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 7 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€88.73 to €189.53
- 214%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Fortaleza
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:05First departure
- 21:24Last departure
- 36Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €225.13Sat19
- about €209.73Sun20
- about €144.28Mon21
- about €145.93Tue22
- about €151.98Wed23
- about €191.58Thu24
- about €147.03Fri25
- about €145.38Sat26
- about €136.03Sun27
- about €118.98Mon28
- about €115.68Tue29
- about €121.73Wed30
- about €140.98Thu1
- about €109.08Fri2
- about €115.13Sat3
- about €105.23Sun4
- about €90.93Mon5
- about €88.73Tue6
- about €94.78Wed7
- about €118.98Thu8
- about €111.28Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into São Paulo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São Paulo for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Ipiranga (CPTM, São Paulo Metro) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Fortaleza to São Paulo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €123.3890 days
- €71.6860 days
- €73.3345 days
- €89.8330 days
- €111.2821 days
- €109.0814 days
- €147.037 days
- €144.283 days
- €225.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €71.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 214 percent. The most expensive point is €225.13, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Fortaleza to São Paulo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
2,403 km
2,370 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
2,400,000 → 12,400,232
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,403 km against 2,370 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
São Paulo is large, and the road in from GRU can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in São Paulo
Settled in advance, so the ride into São Paulo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Ipiranga (CPTM, São Paulo Metro)
Most of the points near Ipiranga (CPTM, São Paulo Metro) open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Fortaleza to São Paulo
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 Fortaleza to São Paulo?
The fastest journey from Fortaleza to São Paulo takes 6h 38m door to door, of which 3h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 21h 9m, 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 Fortaleza to São Paulo?
The cheapest fare from Fortaleza to São Paulo is €88.73, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €223.62. 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 Fortaleza to São Paulo?
The cheapest way from Fortaleza to São Paulo is by coach, at €88.73 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 31h 19m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Fortaleza to São Paulo?
The fastest way from Fortaleza to São Paulo is by flight, at 6h 39m door to door. Only 3h 29m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €177.73.
When should I book Fortaleza to São Paulo?
Fares from Fortaleza to São Paulo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €71.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 214 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Fortaleza to São Paulo?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Fortaleza to São Paulo, at €111.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Fortaleza to São Paulo?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fortaleza to São Paulo, at €77.18 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 Fortaleza to São Paulo?
7 operators sell services from Fortaleza to São Paulo across 2 modes: ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras, Azul, Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Expresso Guanabara, Sky Express, TAM Brazilian Airlines. 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 Fortaleza to São Paulo?
Every service we sell from Fortaleza to São Paulo is direct, with around 68 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 38m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Fortaleza to São Paulo produce?
Traveling from Fortaleza to São Paulo by coach produces about 64.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 600.5 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Fortaleza to São Paulo use?
Services from Fortaleza to São Paulo by flight leave from Fortaleza FOR and arrive at São Paulo GRU. 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 Fortaleza to São Paulo?
3 of the 7 operators we sell from Fortaleza to São Paulo 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
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Fortaleza to São Paulo on September 18, 2026: 2403 km of route against 2370 km in a straight line, 68 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €88.73, and 6h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in São Paulo is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Fortaleza reaches 171 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 211 to 7,448 km. São Paulo reaches 802 places in 35 countries, from 42 to 12,226 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Fortaleza
- 171Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 18Operators
Arriving in São Paulo
Leaving São Paulo
- 802Places you can leave for
- 35Countries
- 119Operators