Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 33m over 514 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.18, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€22.18
- 128%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santa Quitéria do Maranhão
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:05First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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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 €48.03Mon21
- about €45.83Tue22
- about €47.48Wed23
- about €44.18Thu24
- about €41.98Fri25
- about €41.43Sat26
- about €41.98Sun27
- about €28.23Mon28
- about €28.23Tue29
- about €32.63Wed30
- about €33.73Thu1
- about €38.68Fri2
- about €37.03Sat3
- about €32.08Sun4
- about €24.38Mon5
- about €22.18Tue6
- about €29.87Wed7
- about €29.33Thu8
- about €27.13Fri9
- about €30.97Sat10
- about €30.43Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Fortaleza. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Fortaleza for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.8390 days
- €28.2360 days
- €21.0845 days
- €23.8230 days
- €30.4321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €41.987 days
- €47.483 days
- €48.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €48.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza 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
514 km
447 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
25,764 → 2,400,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 514 km against 447 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 Parnaíba. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Fortaleza is large, and the road in from FOR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Fortaleza
Settled in advance, so the ride into Fortaleza costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Estação Ferroviária João Felipe
Most of the points near Estação Ferroviária João Felipe open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Santa Quitéria do Maranhão 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 it take to get from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
The fastest journey from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza takes 7h 33m door to door, of which 7h 38m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 5m, 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
The cheapest fare from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza is €22.18, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.83. 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
The cheapest way from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza is by coach, at €22.18 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 8h 22m 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
Fares from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €21.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 128 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza, at €28.23. 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza, 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
1 operators sell services from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
50 percent of the services we sell from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza are direct. The rest connect at Parnaíba, with about 52 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza use?
Services from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza by coach leave from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão bus station and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza 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 Quitéria do Maranhão to Fortaleza on September 20, 2026: 514 km of route against 447 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 7h 33m 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 two ends, compared
Santa Quitéria do Maranhão reaches 14 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 109 to 1,487 km. Fortaleza reaches 168 places in 5 countries, from 211 to 7,448 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santa Quitéria do Maranhão
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Fortaleza
Leaving Fortaleza
- 168Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 16Operators