São Luís to Fortaleza runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:21. One passenger pays between €30.43 and €74.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 26m over 660 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€30.43 to €74.48
- 105%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São Luís
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 14:21Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Expresso Guanabara runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São Luís to Fortaleza 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 €51.88Tue15
- about €59.58Wed16
- about €60.13Thu17
- about €65.63Fri18
- about €55.18Sat19
- about €58.48Sun20
- about €37.58Mon21
- about €39.78Tue22
- about €37.58Wed23
- about €53.53Thu24
- about €47.48Fri25
- about €45.83Sat26
- about €44.73Sun27
- about €34.83Mon28
- about €30.43Tue29
- about €30.98Wed30
- about €38.13Thu1
- about €40.33Fri2
- about €41.43Sat3
- about €35.38Sun4
- about €35.38Mon5
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 Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Fortaleza for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Estação Ferroviária João Felipe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book São Luís to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.2890 days
- €29.3360 days
- €31.5345 days
- €32.6330 days
- €35.3821 days
- €34.8314 days
- €37.587 days
- €60.133 days
- €51.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 105 percent. The most expensive point is €60.13, 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 Luís 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
660 km
653 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
917,237 → 2,400,000
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 660 km against 653 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Piripiri, Parnaíba, Teresina, Campo Maior. 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.
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 flight 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 São Luís 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 São Luís to Fortaleza?
The fastest journey from São Luís to Fortaleza takes 4h 26m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving, on the flight. 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 São Luís to Fortaleza?
The cheapest fare from São Luís to Fortaleza is €30.43, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €59.03. 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 Luís to Fortaleza?
The cheapest way from São Luís to Fortaleza is by coach, at €34.83 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 9h 58m 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 São Luís to Fortaleza?
The fastest way from São Luís to Fortaleza is by flight, at 4h 27m door to door. Only 1h 17m 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 €74.48.
When should I book São Luís to Fortaleza?
Fares from São Luís to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €29.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 105 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 Luís to Fortaleza?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from São Luís to Fortaleza, at €35.38. 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 Luís to Fortaleza?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from São Luís to Fortaleza, at €26.03 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 Luís to Fortaleza?
2 operators sell services from São Luís to Fortaleza across 2 modes: Expresso Guanabara, 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 São Luís to Fortaleza?
43 percent of the services we sell from São Luís to Fortaleza are direct. The rest connect at Piripiri, Parnaíba, Teresina, Campo Maior, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from São Luís to Fortaleza produce?
Traveling from São Luís to Fortaleza by coach produces about 17.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 165.6 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from São Luís to Fortaleza use?
Services from São Luís to Fortaleza by flight leave from São Luís SLZ and arrive at Fortaleza FOR. 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 São Luís to Fortaleza?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from São Luís 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 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 Luís to Fortaleza on September 14, 2026: 660 km of route against 653 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €30.43, and 4h 26m 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 Fortaleza a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Fortaleza and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Fortaleza in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São Luís reaches 88 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 284 to 2,351 km. Fortaleza reaches 171 places in 8 countries, from 211 to 7,448 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São Luís
- 88Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 13Operators
Arriving in Fortaleza
Leaving Fortaleza
- 171Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 18Operators