São Gonçalo to Recife runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:48 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €86.53 and €114.58, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 28h 35m over 2,139 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€86.53 to €114.58
- 171%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São Gonçalo
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.
- 06:48First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
JS Turismo runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São Gonçalo to Recife on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €212.48Tue15
- about €173.98Wed16
- about €232.83Thu17
- about €180.03Fri18
- about €205.33Sat19
- about €167.93Sun20
- about €131.63Mon21
- about €114.58Tue22
- about €122.83Wed23
- about €139.33Thu24
- about €128.33Fri25
- about €142.08Sat26
- about €133.28Sun27
- about €143.73Mon28
- about €105.78Tue29
- about €106.88Wed30
- about €123.37Thu1
- about €117.32Fri2
- about €103.58Sat3
- about €95.32Sun4
- about €86.53Mon5
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 bus gets you into Recife. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Recife for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Recife Central Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book São Gonçalo to Recife
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €119.5390 days
- €85.9860 days
- €100.2845 days
- €86.5330 days
- €86.5321 days
- €143.7314 days
- €131.637 days
- €232.833 days
- €212.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €85.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €232.83, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São Gonçalo to Recife 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
2,139 km
1,860 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
285,439 → 1,653,461
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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 2,139 km against 1,860 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 Nova Friburgo, São Miguel dos Campos, Maceió, Além Paraíba. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Recife is large, and the road in from REC can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Recife
Settled in advance, so the ride into Recife 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 Recife Central Station
Most of the points near Recife Central Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about São Gonçalo 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
The fastest journey from São Gonçalo to Recife takes 28h 35m door to door, of which 30h 13m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 30h 30m, 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
The cheapest fare from São Gonçalo to Recife is €86.53, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €133.28. 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
The cheapest way from São Gonçalo to Recife is by coach, at €114.58 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 30h 57m 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
Fares from São Gonçalo to Recife bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €85.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São Gonçalo to Recife?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from São Gonçalo to Recife, at €114.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for São Gonçalo to Recife?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from São Gonçalo to Recife, at €70.03 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
1 operators sell services from São Gonçalo to Recife across 1 mode: JS Turismo. 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
20 percent of the services we sell from São Gonçalo to Recife are direct. The rest connect at Nova Friburgo, São Miguel dos Campos, Maceió, Além Paraíba, with about 48 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 São Gonçalo to Recife use?
Services from São Gonçalo to Recife by coach leave from Alcântara and arrive at Istmo do Recife. 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 São Gonçalo to Recife?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São Gonçalo 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
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 São Gonçalo to Recife on September 14, 2026: 2139 km of route against 1860 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €86.53, and 28h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Recife a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Recife and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Recife in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São Gonçalo reaches 74 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 2,072 km. Recife reaches 192 places in 8 countries, from 43 to 7,712 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São Gonçalo
- 74Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Recife
Leaving Recife
- 192Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 24Operators