Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 14:45. One passenger pays between €39.78 and €40.33, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 12h 43m over 923 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
€39.78 to €40.33
- 100%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Palmas
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.
- 06:32First departure
- 14:45Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Real Maia Transportes Terrestres runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão 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 €77.18Wed16
- about €93.68Thu17
- about €79.38Fri18
- about €85.43Sat19
- about €94.23Sun20
- about €60.68Mon21
- about €54.08Tue22
- about €60.13Wed23
- about €71.13Thu24
- about €59.58Fri25
- about €68.38Sat26
- about €56.28Sun27
- about €50.78Mon28
- about €40.33Tue29
- about €44.18Wed30
- about €57.38Thu1
- about €49.13Fri2
- about €52.98Sat3
- about €48.03Sun4
- about €43.63Mon5
- about €39.78Tue6
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 bus gets you into São Mateus do Maranhão. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in São Mateus do Maranhão for the night the bus gets in
The search opens on São Mateus do Maranhão with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €43.0890 days
- €41.4360 days
- €46.3845 days
- €45.8330 days
- €39.7821 days
- €40.3314 days
- €54.087 days
- €79.383 days
- €77.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €39.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 100 percent. The most expensive point is €79.38, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão 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
923 km
803 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
306,296 → 38,829
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 923 km against 803 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, Teresina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Who runs this route
São Mateus do Maranhão is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in São Mateus do Maranhão
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão
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 it take to get from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
The fastest journey from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão takes 12h 43m door to door, of which 12h 43m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 13h 35m, 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
The cheapest fare from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão is €39.78, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €60.68. 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
The cheapest way from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão is by coach, at €40.33 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 13h 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
Fares from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €39.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 100 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão, at €40.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão, at €35.93 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 service from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
1 operators sell services from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
50 percent of the services we sell from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão are direct. The rest connect at Araguaína, Teresina, with about 54 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão use?
Services from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão by coach leave from Bus Station of Palmas and arrive at São Mateus do Maranhão bus station. 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão 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 Palmas to São Mateus do Maranhão on September 15, 2026: 923 km of route against 803 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €39.78, and 12h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in São Mateus do Maranhão is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of São Mateus do Maranhão and across Brazil
Day trips that leave São Mateus do Maranhão in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Palmas reaches 236 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 236 to 2,243 km. São Mateus do Maranhão reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 219 to 1,097 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Palmas
- 236Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 29Operators
Arriving in São Mateus do Maranhão
Leaving São Mateus do Maranhão
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators