Cheapest€47.48
- Real Maia Transportes Terrestres RM645906:1414h 25m20:39Bus Station of PalmasTerminal Rodoviario do São Luís
Door to door 15h 9mCO2 29.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Palmas to São Luís bus
Buses from Palmas to São Luís start at €57.93 and take 15h 9m at their fastest.
The Buses from Palmas to São Luís starts at €57.93 and takes 15h 9m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,102 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 15h 9mDoor to door
- 14h 25mMoving
- €57.93From
- 29.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€74.98
- Cruzeiro do Norte Transportes CN247507:308h 7m15:37Bus Station of PalmasTerminal de Integração
- Azul A159416:271h 5m17:32Imperatriz IMPSão Luís SLZ
Changes at Imperatriz, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 11h 59mCO2 139.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Maia Transportes Terrestres | €47.48 | 15h 5m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into São Luís. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in São Luís
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Palmas to São Luís
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €65.6390 days
- €40.8860 days
- €38.1345 days
- €47.4830 days
- €57.9321 days
- €70.5814 days
- €93.687 days
- €98.633 days
- €138.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €38.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 263 percent. The most expensive point is €138.23, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €85.43Sun
- €57.93Mon
- €63.98Tue
- €71.13Wed
- €84.33Thu
- €70.58Fri
- €81.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Palmas
Bus
- Bus Station of Palmas
- Estação Apinajé
São Luís
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís
- Terminal Praia Grande
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, Rondon do Pará, Araguaína, Dom Eliseu. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Palmas at 06:14 and the last at 14:01, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Palmas to São Luís
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 Palmas to São Luís take?
The Coach from Palmas to São Luís takes 15h 9m door to door, of which 14h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 1,102 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 Palmas to São Luís cost?
The Coach from Palmas to São Luís starts at €57.93 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €65.63. 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 Palmas to São Luís?
1 operators run the Coach from Palmas to São Luís: Real Maia Transportes Terrestres. 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 Palmas to São Luís use?
The Coach from Palmas to São Luís leaves from Bus Station of Palmas and arrives at Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís. 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 Palmas to São Luís?
Fares for the Coach from Palmas to São Luís bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €38.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 263 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Palmas to São Luís produce?
The Coach from Palmas to São Luís produces about 29.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1102 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 Palmas to São Luís?
Operators on the Coach from Palmas to São Luís publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 9m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Palmas to São Luís on September 11, 2026: 1102 km of route against 959 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €57.93, and 15h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in São Luís
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of São Luís, with free cancellation on most of it.
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