Tubarão to Santa Maria runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 14:46. One passenger pays between €23.83 and €28.23, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 3m over 559 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€23.83 to €28.23
- 170%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Tubarão
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:07First departure
- 14:46Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Viação União Santa Cruz runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €56.83Mon21
- about €45.83Tue22
- about €48.58Wed23
- about €48.03Thu24
- about €49.13Fri25
- about €47.48Sat26
- about €47.48Sun27
- about €30.43Mon28
- about €29.88Tue29
- about €34.28Wed30
- about €41.43Thu1
- about €37.58Fri2
- about €40.33Sat3
- about €33.18Sun4
- about €27.13Mon5
- about €23.83Tue6
- about €28.23Wed7
- about €34.83Thu8
- about €30.98Fri9
- about €30.43Sat10
- about €27.13Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Santa Maria. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Santa Maria for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Tubarão to Santa Maria
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.6390 days
- €26.0360 days
- €21.0845 days
- €22.1830 days
- €27.1321 days
- €33.1814 days
- €47.487 days
- €48.583 days
- €56.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 170 percent. The most expensive point is €56.83, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Tubarão to Santa Maria 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
559 km
486 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
116,725 → 271,735
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey 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 559 km against 486 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 Bento Gonçalves, Venâncio Aires, Caxias do Sul, Farroupilha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 RIA into Santa Maria is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Santa Maria
Settled in advance, so the ride into Santa Maria costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Sítio Ferroviário de Santa Maria
Most of the points near Sítio Ferroviário de Santa Maria open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Tubarão 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 it take to get from Tubarão to Santa Maria?
The fastest journey from Tubarão to Santa Maria takes 8h 3m door to door, of which 7h 54m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 42m, 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria?
The cheapest fare from Tubarão to Santa Maria is €23.83, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €41.16. 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria?
The cheapest way from Tubarão to Santa Maria is by coach, at €23.83 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 8h 38m 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria?
Fares from Tubarão to Santa Maria bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €21.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 170 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Tubarão to Santa Maria?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Tubarão to Santa Maria, at €29.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Tubarão to Santa Maria?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Tubarão to Santa Maria, at €22.72 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria?
2 operators sell services from Tubarão to Santa Maria across 1 mode: Auto Viação Catarinense, Viação União Santa Cruz. 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria?
50 percent of the services we sell from Tubarão to Santa Maria are direct. The rest connect at Bento Gonçalves, Venâncio Aires, Caxias do Sul, Farroupilha, with about 47 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria use?
Services from Tubarão to Santa Maria by coach leave from Garagem Turissul and arrive at Rodoviária de Santa Maria. 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 Tubarão to Santa Maria?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Tubarão to Santa Maria 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Tubarão to Santa Maria on September 20, 2026: 559 km of route against 486 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.83, and 8h 3m 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 Santa Maria is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Santa Maria and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Santa Maria in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Tubarão reaches 136 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 119 to 3,024 km. Santa Maria reaches 67 places in 1 countries, from 133 to 2,243 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Tubarão
- 136Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 14Operators
Arriving in Santa Maria
Leaving Santa Maria
- 67Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 5Operators