Cheapest€59.03
- Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG519914:2120h 26m10:47SOU São CarlosBus Station of Palmas
Door to door 21h 10mCO2 40.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São Carlos to Palmas bus
Buses from São Carlos to Palmas start at €73.88 and take 20h 22m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price São Carlos to Palmas on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from São Carlos to Palmas starts at €73.88 and takes 20h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,516 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 20h 22mDoor to door
- 19h 38mMoving
- €73.88 to €151.98From
- 06:08 to 14:50First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 40.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€73.88 to €151.98 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €136.03Tue15
- about €133.83Wed16
- about €151.98Thu17
- about €120.08Fri18
- about €120.63Sat19
- about €114.58Sun20
- about €107.43Mon21
- about €73.88Tue22
- about €81.58Wed23
- about €115.13Thu24
- about €111.28Fri25
- about €100.28Sat26
- about €87.08Sun27
- about €84.33Mon28
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 cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Fastest€100.28
- Nordeste Transportes NT644307:3012h19:30SOU São CarlosAntiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília
- Azul A121920:191h 14m21:33Brasília BSBPalmas PMW
Changes at Brasília, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 16hCO2 180.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Empresa Gontijo de Transportes | €59.03 | 20h 23m |
| Planalto Transportes | €62.33 | 20h 21m |
The coach gets you into Palmas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Palmas for the night the coach gets in
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When to book São Carlos to Palmas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €80.4890 days
- €60.1360 days
- €70.0345 days
- €61.2330 days
- €59.0321 days
- €84.3314 days
- €107.437 days
- €151.983 days
- €136.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €59.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 157 percent. The dearest point is €151.98, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €87.08Sun
- €84.33Mon
- €73.88Tue
- €81.58Wed
- €115.13Thu
- €111.28Fri
- €100.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São Carlos
Coach
- SOU São Carlos
- Estação Norte
Palmas
Coach
- Bus Station of Palmas
- Estação Apinajé
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 1,516 km against 1,318 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 Brasília, Uberaba, Uberlândia, Anápolis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves São Carlos at 06:08 and the last at 14:50, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about São Carlos to Palmas
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas take?
The Coach from São Carlos to Palmas takes 20h 22m door to door, of which 19h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 1,516 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas cost?
The Coach from São Carlos to Palmas starts at €73.88 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €65.36. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas?
2 operators run the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Planalto Transportes. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas use?
The Coach from São Carlos to Palmas leaves from SOU São Carlos and arrives at Bus Station of Palmas. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas?
Fares for the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €59.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas produce?
The Coach from São Carlos to Palmas produces about 40.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1516 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas?
Operators on the Coach from São Carlos to Palmas publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 20h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for São Carlos to Palmas on 14 September 2026: 1516 km of route against 1318 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €73.88, and 20h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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