Brasília to Santa Maria bus

Buses from Brasília to Santa Maria start at €73.33 and take 28h 26m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Brasília to Santa Maria starts at €73.33 and takes 28h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,907 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 28h 26mDoor to door
  • 27h 42mMoving
  • €95.88 to €227.88From
  • 06:08 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 51.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€95.88 to €227.88 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.

Planalto Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Brasília to Santa Maria 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

  1. about €178.38Fri18
  2. about €227.88Sat19
  3. about €147.58Sun20
  4. about €127.23Mon21
  5. about €142.08Tue22
  6. about €145.38Wed23
  7. about €129.98Thu24
  8. about €122.83Fri25
  9. about €151.43Sat26
  10. about €128.88Sun27
  11. about €109.08Mon28
  12. about €116.78Tue29
  13. about €104.68Wed30
  14. about €95.88Thu1

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 October 5, 2026

Cheapest€73.33
  1. Planalto Transportes PT677506:0827h 42m09:50Antiga Rodoferroviária de BrasíliaRodoviária de Santa Maria

Door to door 28h 26mCO2 51.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€99.18
  1. Cantelle Viagens e Turismo CV630507:3020h 24m03:54Antiga Rodoferroviária de BrasíliaTerminal de Transporte Urbano
  2. Planalto Transportes PT982305:024h 48m09:50Terminal de Transporte UrbanoRodoviária de Santa Maria

Changes at Chapecó, with 68 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 27h 4mCO2 51.5 kgChanges 1Changeable 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Planalto Transportes€73.3325h 31m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Santa Maria. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Santa Maria for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Sítio Ferroviário de Santa Maria and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Brasília to Santa Maria

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

  1. €99.1890 days
  2. €64.5360 days
  3. €74.4345 days
  4. €84.3330 days
  5. €117.8821 days
  6. €95.8814 days
  7. €129.987 days
  8. €147.583 days
  9. €178.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €64.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 176 percent. The most expensive point is €178.38, 1 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.
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. €128.88Sun
  2. €109.08Mon
  3. €116.78Tue
  4. €104.68Wed
  5. €117.88Thu
  6. €122.83Fri
  7. €151.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Brasília

Bus
  • Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília
  • Terminal da Asa Sul

Santa Maria

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Santa Maria
  • Posto de Camobi
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 1,907 km against 1,659 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 Chapecó, Xaxim, Xanxerê, Itumbiara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Brasília at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Brasília to Santa Maria

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 the Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria take?

The Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria takes 28h 26m door to door, of which 27h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 1,907 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 Brasília to Santa Maria cost?

The Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria starts at €73.33 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €99.18. 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 Brasília to Santa Maria?

1 operators run the Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria: Planalto Transportes. Between them they file around 5 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 Brasília to Santa Maria use?

The Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria leaves from Antiga Rodoferroviária de Brasília and arrives at Rodoviária de Santa Maria. 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 Brasília to Santa Maria?

Fares for the Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €64.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 176 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria produce?

The Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria produces about 51.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1907 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria?

Operators on the Coach from Brasília to Santa Maria publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 28h 26m 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 Brasília to Santa Maria on September 17, 2026: 1907 km of route against 1659 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €73.33, and 28h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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