São Paulo to Palmas bus

Buses from São Paulo to Palmas start at €63.43 and take 20h 12m at their fastest.

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The Buses from São Paulo to Palmas starts at €63.43 and takes 20h 12m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,499 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 20h 12mDoor to door
  • 19h 28mMoving
  • €63.43 to €150.88From
  • 06:14 to 19:38First and last departure
  • 20Per day
  • 40.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€63.43 to €150.88 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

  1. about €123.38Wed16
  2. about €150.88Thu17
  3. about €112.38Fri18
  4. about €120.08Sat19
  5. about €109.08Sun20
  6. about €95.33Mon21
  7. about €73.33Tue22
  8. about €81.03Wed23
  9. about €98.63Thu24
  10. about €90.93Fri25
  11. about €94.78Sat26
  12. about €87.63Sun27
  13. about €77.18Mon28
  14. about €63.43Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€57.38
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG186519:3820h15:38Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus stationBus Station of Palmas

Door to door 20h 44mCO2 40.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€57.3820h 7m
Planalto Transportes€59.0320h 9m
Real Expresso€57.3820h 7m
Viação Ouro e Prata€59.0320h 9m

The coach gets you into Palmas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Palmas for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Bus Station of Palmas and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book São Paulo to Palmas

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

  1. €61.2390 days
  2. €63.9860 days
  3. €64.5345 days
  4. €66.7330 days
  5. €57.3821 days
  6. €63.4314 days
  7. €73.337 days
  8. €112.383 days
  9. €123.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €57.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is €123.38, 1 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €87.63Sun
  2. €77.18Mon
  3. €63.43Tue
  4. €81.03Wed
  5. €98.63Thu
  6. €90.93Fri
  7. €94.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Paulo

Coach
  • Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station
  • 8017-10

Palmas

Coach
  • Bus Station of Palmas
  • Estação Apinajé
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,499 km against 1,499 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves São Paulo at 06:14 and the last at 19:38, across 20 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 31m2h 21m3h 10m€128.17379.8 kg8
Coach20h 12m19h 28m44m€63.4340.5 kg20

Questions about São Paulo 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 Paulo to Palmas take?

The Coach from São Paulo to Palmas takes 20h 12m door to door, of which 19h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 1,499 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 Paulo to Palmas cost?

The Coach from São Paulo to Palmas starts at €63.43 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €63.43. 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 Paulo to Palmas?

4 operators run the Coach from São Paulo to Palmas: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, Planalto Transportes, Real Expresso, Viação Ouro e Prata. Between them they file around 20 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 Paulo to Palmas use?

The Coach from São Paulo to Palmas leaves from Sao Paulo Jabaquara bus station 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.

Is the Coach the best way from São Paulo to Palmas?

Travelling from São Paulo to Palmas by Flight costs €128.17 and takes 5h 31m door to door, against 20h 12m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from São Paulo to Palmas?

Fares for the Coach from São Paulo to Palmas bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €57.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from São Paulo to Palmas produce?

The Coach from São Paulo to Palmas produces about 40.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1499 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 Paulo to Palmas?

Operators on the Coach from São Paulo to Palmas publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 20h 12m 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 Paulo to Palmas on 15 September 2026: 1499 km of route against 1499 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €63.43, and 20h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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