Cheapest€47.48
- Real Maia Transportes Terrestres RM819206:1414h 43m20:57Terminal Rodoviario do São LuísBus Station of Palmas
Door to door 15h 27mCO2 29.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São Luís to Palmas bus
Buses from São Luís to Palmas start at €57.93 and take 15h 27m at their fastest.
The Buses from São Luís to Palmas starts at €57.93 and takes 15h 27m 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 27mDoor to door
- 14h 43mMoving
- €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.
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 10m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Palmas is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of Bus Station of Palmas
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 São Luís to Palmas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €57.9390 days
- €44.1860 days
- €40.8845 days
- €43.6330 days
- €62.8821 days
- €67.8314 days
- €81.587 days
- €83.783 days
- €104.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €40.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €104.13, 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.
- €88.73Sun
- €57.93Mon
- €63.98Tue
- €71.13Wed
- €84.33Thu
- €70.58Fri
- €67.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
São Luís
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís
- Terminal Praia Grande
Palmas
Bus
- Bus Station of Palmas
- Estação Apinajé
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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves São Luís 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 São Luís to Palmas
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 São Luís to Palmas take?
The Coach from São Luís to Palmas takes 15h 27m door to door, of which 14h 43m 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 São Luís to Palmas cost?
The Coach from São Luís to Palmas starts at €57.93 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 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 São Luís to Palmas?
1 operators run the Coach from São Luís to Palmas: 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 São Luís to Palmas use?
The Coach from São Luís to Palmas leaves from Terminal Rodoviario do São Luís 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.
When should I book the Coach from São Luís to Palmas?
Fares for the Coach from São Luís to Palmas bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €40.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São Luís to Palmas produce?
The Coach from São Luís to Palmas 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 São Luís to Palmas?
Operators on the Coach from São Luís to Palmas publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 27m 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 São Luís to Palmas on September 12, 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 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Palmas before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Palmas, with free cancellation on most of it.
See Palmas on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
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