Stunning nighttime view of Matanzas, Cuba, with city lights reflecting on the calm sea.

Bayamo to Matanzas

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Bayamo to Matanzas. From €76.24, fastest 5h 20m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bayamo to Matanzas runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €76.24 and €87.24, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 20m over 679 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

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

€76.24 to €87.24

  • 184%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bayamo

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.

  • 06:41First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Buying this journey

We have not found anyone selling Bayamo to Matanzas online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €169.74Mon14
  2. about €146.64Tue15
  3. about €152.69Wed16
  4. about €159.84Thu17
  5. about €147.19Fri18
  6. about €152.69Sat19
  7. about €129.04Sun20
  8. about €87.24Mon21
  9. about €90.54Tue22
  10. about €96.04Wed23
  11. about €140.04Thu24
  12. about €115.29Fri25
  13. about €146.09Sat26
  14. about €105.39Sun27
  15. about €83.39Mon28
  16. about €76.24Tue29
  17. about €92.19Wed30
  18. about €91.09Thu1
  19. about €90.54Fri2
  20. about €95.49Sat3
  21. about €88.34Sun4

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 train gets you into Matanzas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Matanzas for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Viazul Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bayamo to Matanzas

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

  1. €107.5990 days
  2. €86.6960 days
  3. €67.4445 days
  4. €59.7430 days
  5. €88.3421 days
  6. €105.3914 days
  7. €129.047 days
  8. €152.693 days
  9. €169.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €169.74, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€169.74€59.741371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bayamo to Matanzas 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

679 km

590 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

192,632146,733

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

BayamoBayamoMatanzasMatanzas
The journey

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
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 679 km against 590 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 Camagüey, Santa Clara, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spíritus. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from VRA into Matanzas is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Matanzas

Settled in advance, so the ride into Matanzas costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Viazul Bus Station

Most of the points near Viazul Bus Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Bayamo to Matanzas

The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Bayamo to Matanzas?

The fastest journey from Bayamo to Matanzas takes 5h 20m door to door, of which 4h 45m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 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 Bayamo to Matanzas?

The cheapest fare from Bayamo to Matanzas is €76.24, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €129.04. 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 Bayamo to Matanzas?

The cheapest way from Bayamo to Matanzas is by train, at €87.24 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 29m 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 Bayamo to Matanzas?

Fares from Bayamo to Matanzas bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €59.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bayamo to Matanzas?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bayamo to Matanzas, at €87.24. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bayamo to Matanzas?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bayamo to Matanzas, at €56.44 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 services from Bayamo to Matanzas?

1 operators sell services from Bayamo to Matanzas across 1 mode: FC. 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 Bayamo to Matanzas?

20 percent of the services we sell from Bayamo to Matanzas are direct. The rest connect at Camagüey, Santa Clara, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spíritus, 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 Bayamo to Matanzas use?

Services from Bayamo to Matanzas by train leave from Bayamo station and arrive at Matanzas 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 Bayamo to Matanzas?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Bayamo to Matanzas 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Bayamo to Matanzas on 13 September 2026: 679 km of route against 590 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €76.24, and 5h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Matanzas is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Matanzas and across Cuba

Day trips that leave Matanzas in the morning and cover a good part of Cuba by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Bayamo reaches 34 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 667 km. Matanzas reaches 46 places in 12 countries, from 48 to 9,555 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bayamo

  • 34Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Matanzas

Leaving Matanzas

  • 46Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 17Operators

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