São João dos Patos to Palmas runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €32.63, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 10h 39m over 750 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €32.63, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€32.63
- 204%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving São João dos Patos
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:32First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between São João dos Patos and Palmas.
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Real Maia Transportes Terrestres runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for São João dos Patos to Palmas 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 €97.53Mon21
- about €70.03Tue22
- about €86.53Wed23
- about €83.23Thu24
- about €83.23Fri25
- about €69.48Sat26
- about €74.98Sun27
- about €50.78Mon28
- about €39.23Tue29
- about €59.03Wed30
- about €57.93Thu1
- about €48.03Fri2
- about €51.88Sat3
- about €56.28Sun4
- about €39.78Mon5
- about €32.63Tue6
- about €37.03Wed7
- about €49.67Thu8
- about €48.03Fri9
- about €49.68Sat10
- about €38.13Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Palmas. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
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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When to book São João dos Patos to Palmas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.3890 days
- €35.9360 days
- €32.0845 days
- €34.2830 days
- €38.1321 days
- €56.2814 days
- €74.987 days
- €86.533 days
- €97.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €32.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 204 percent. The dearest point is €97.53, 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 São João dos Patos to Palmas 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
750 km
652 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
25,996 → 306,296
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
- 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 750 km against 652 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 Araguaína, Vitorino Freire, Floriano, Teresina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
The fare from PMW into Palmas is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Palmas
Settled in advance, so the ride into Palmas costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Bus Station of Palmas
Most of the points near Bus Station of Palmas open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about São João dos Patos 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 it take to get from São João dos Patos to Palmas?
The fastest journey from São João dos Patos to Palmas takes 10h 39m door to door, of which 10h 30m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 11h 21m, 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 João dos Patos to Palmas?
The cheapest fare from São João dos Patos to Palmas is €32.63, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €54.08. 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 João dos Patos to Palmas?
The cheapest way from São João dos Patos to Palmas is by coach, at €32.63 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 14m 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 João dos Patos to Palmas?
Fares from São João dos Patos to Palmas bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €32.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 204 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São João dos Patos to Palmas?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from São João dos Patos to Palmas, at €39.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for São João dos Patos to Palmas?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from São João dos Patos to Palmas, at €31.53 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 services from São João dos Patos to Palmas?
1 operators sell services from São João dos Patos to Palmas across 1 mode: Real Maia Transportes Terrestres. 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 João dos Patos to Palmas?
20 percent of the services we sell from São João dos Patos to Palmas are direct. The rest connect at Araguaína, Vitorino Freire, Floriano, Teresina, with about 75 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 João dos Patos to Palmas use?
Services from São João dos Patos to Palmas by coach leave from São João dos Patos bus station and arrive at Bus Station of Palmas. 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 João dos Patos to Palmas?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São João dos Patos to Palmas 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 labelled 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 São João dos Patos to Palmas on 20 September 2026: 750 km of route against 652 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.63, and 10h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Palmas is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Palmas and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Palmas in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
São João dos Patos reaches 15 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 81 to 895 km. Palmas reaches 236 places in 1 countries, from 236 to 2,243 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São João dos Patos
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Palmas
Leaving Palmas
- 236Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 28Operators