São Luís to Palmas runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:14 and the last around 14:01. One passenger pays between €47.48 and €57.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 15h 10m over 1,102 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
€47.48 to €57.93
- 165%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.
- 06:14First departure
- 14:01Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 40%Run direct
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 Luís 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 €114.03Mon14
- about €102.48Tue15
- about €91.48Wed16
- about €90.93Thu17
- about €93.68Fri18
- about €101.38Sat19
- about €110.18Sun20
- about €57.93Mon21
- about €63.98Tue22
- about €71.13Wed23
- about €84.33Thu24
- about €70.58Fri25
- about €81.03Sat26
- about €66.18Sun27
- about €50.78Mon28
- about €47.48Tue29
- about €51.88Wed30
- about €67.28Thu1
- about €57.93Fri2
- about €62.88Sat3
- about €56.83Sun4
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 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
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 Luís to Palmas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €64.5390 days
- €51.8860 days
- €43.0845 days
- €51.3330 days
- €56.8321 days
- €66.1814 days
- €110.187 days
- €91.483 days
- €114.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €114.03, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to São Luís 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
1,102 km
959 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
917,237 → 306,296
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,102 km against 959 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 Imperatriz, Dom Eliseu, Araguaína, Rondon do Pará. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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.
The fare from PMW into Palmas is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 Luís 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 Luís to Palmas?
The fastest journey from São Luís to Palmas takes 15h 10m door to door, of which 14h 43m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 16h 8m, 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 Palmas?
The cheapest fare from São Luís to Palmas is €47.48, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €80.76. 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 Palmas?
The cheapest way from São Luís to Palmas is by coach, at €57.93 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 15h 27m 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 Luís to Palmas?
Fares from São Luís to Palmas bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €43.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 165 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for São Luís to Palmas?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from São Luís to Palmas, at €57.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 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 Luís to Palmas?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from São Luís to Palmas, at €42.53 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 Luís to Palmas?
1 operators sell services from São Luís 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 Luís to Palmas?
33 percent of the services we sell from São Luís to Palmas are direct. The rest connect at Imperatriz, Dom Eliseu, Araguaína, Rondon do Pará, with about 50 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 Luís to Palmas use?
Services from São Luís to Palmas by coach leave from Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís 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 Luís to Palmas?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from São Luís 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 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 Palmas on 13 September 2026: 1102 km of route against 959 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.48, and 15h 10m 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 Luís reaches 88 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 284 to 2,351 km. Palmas reaches 236 places in 1 countries, from 236 to 2,243 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving São Luís
- 88Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 13Operators
Arriving in Palmas
Leaving Palmas
- 236Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 29Operators