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Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas. From €23.28, fastest 7h 53m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 17:14. One passenger pays €23.28, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 53m over 547 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.28, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€23.28

  • 159%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santa Maria da Boa Vista

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:05First departure
  • 17:14Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Expresso Guanabara 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

  1. about €54.63Mon21
  2. about €50.78Tue22
  3. about €47.48Wed23
  4. about €46.93Thu24
  5. about €44.73Fri25
  6. about €45.83Sat26
  7. about €46.93Sun27
  8. about €29.33Mon28
  9. about €29.88Tue29
  10. about €30.98Wed30
  11. about €37.03Thu1
  12. about €40.33Fri2
  13. about €39.23Sat3
  14. about €34.28Sun4
  15. about €26.03Mon5
  16. about €23.28Tue6
  17. about €26.03Wed7
  18. about €33.73Thu8
  19. about €31.53Fri9
  20. about €30.98Sat10
  21. about €28.23Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Russas. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Russas for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Rodoviária de Russas and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas

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

  1. €35.3890 days
  2. €29.8860 days
  3. €22.1845 days
  4. €21.0830 days
  5. €28.2321 days
  6. €34.2814 days
  7. €46.937 days
  8. €47.483 days
  9. €54.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €54.63, 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.
€54.63€21.08137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas 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

547 km

476 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

42,78278,882

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

BrazilFortalezaFortalezaRecifeRecifeMaceióMaceióSão LuísSão LuísNatalNatalTeresinaTeresinaJoão PessoaJoão PessoaAracajuAracajuCampina GrandeCampina GrandeCaruaruCaruaruPalmasPalmasMarabáMarabáImperatrizImperatrizArapiracaArapiracaSobralSobralAraguaínaAraguaínaSanta Maria da Boa VistaSanta Maria da Boa VistaRussasRussasMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 547 km against 476 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 Sousa, Ribeira do Pombal, Cajazeiras. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Who runs this route

Russas is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Rodoviária de Russas

Most of the points near Rodoviária de Russas open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas

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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

The fastest journey from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas takes 7h 53m door to door, of which 7h 29m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 29m, 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

The cheapest fare from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas is €23.28, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.23. 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

The cheapest way from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas is by coach, at €23.28 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 8h 13m 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

Fares from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €21.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 159 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas, at €29.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas, at €22.18 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

1 operators sell services from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas across 1 mode: Expresso Guanabara. 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

50 percent of the services we sell from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas are direct. The rest connect at Sousa, Ribeira do Pombal, Cajazeiras, 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas use?

Services from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas by coach leave from Rodoviária de Santa Maria da Boa Vista and arrive at Rodoviária de Russas. Allow about 44m 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 Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santa Maria da Boa Vista to Russas on September 20, 2026: 547 km of route against 476 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 7h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Russas is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Russas and across Brazil

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

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The two ends, compared

Santa Maria da Boa Vista reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 173 to 1,821 km. Russas reaches 40 places in 1 countries, from 204 to 2,297 km.

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Leaving Santa Maria da Boa Vista

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  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Russas

Leaving Russas

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  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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