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Cancún to Los Angeles

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Cancún to Los Angeles. From €249.71, fastest 7h 57m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Cancún to Los Angeles runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 17:34. One passenger pays between €249.71 and €326.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 57m over 3,492 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€249.71 to €326.41

  • 164%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Cancún

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:06First departure
  • 17:34Last departure
  • 18Services per day
  • 83%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €587.78Mon21
  2. about €512.85Tue22
  3. about €531.14Wed23
  4. about €556.51Thu24
  5. about €501.05Fri25
  6. about €514.62Sat26
  7. about €482.17Sun27
  8. about €335.85Mon28
  9. about €323.46Tue29
  10. about €359.45Wed30
  11. about €401.34Thu1
  12. about €380.10Fri2
  13. about €397.21Sat3
  14. about €357.09Sun4
  15. about €268.00Mon5
  16. about €249.71Tue6
  17. about €267.41Wed7
  18. about €345.29Thu8
  19. about €309.30Fri9
  20. about €349.42Sat10
  21. about €307.53Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Los Angeles for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Cancún to Los Angeles

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

  1. €343.5290 days
  2. €271.5460 days
  3. €223.1645 days
  4. €222.5730 days
  5. €307.5321 days
  6. €357.0914 days
  7. €482.177 days
  8. €531.143 days
  9. €587.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €222.57.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 164 percent. The dearest point is €587.78, 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.
€587.78€222.57137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Cancún to Los Angeles and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

3,492 km

3,390 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

888,7973,820,914

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

The route

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The journey

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
83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,492 km against 3,390 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Phoenix, McAllen, Monterrey. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Los Angeles Union Station

Most of the points near Los Angeles Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Cancún to Los Angeles

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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

The fastest journey from Cancún to Los Angeles takes 7h 57m door to door, of which 4h 48m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 20m, 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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

The cheapest fare from Cancún to Los Angeles is €249.71, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €459.16. 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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

The cheapest way from Cancún to Los Angeles is by flight, at €249.71 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 58m 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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

Fares from Cancún to Los Angeles bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €222.57. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 164 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Cancún to Los Angeles?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cancún to Los Angeles, at €323.46. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Cancún to Los Angeles?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cancún to Los Angeles, at €214.90 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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

5 operators sell services from Cancún to Los Angeles across 1 mode: AeroMéxico, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, MasAir, United Airlines. 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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

83 percent of the services we sell from Cancún to Los Angeles are direct. The rest connect at Phoenix, McAllen, Monterrey, with about 45 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 Cancún to Los Angeles use?

Services from Cancún to Los Angeles by flight leave from Cancún International Airport CUN and arrive at Los Angeles International Airport LAX. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Cancún to Los Angeles?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Cancún to Los Angeles 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 labelled 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 Cancún to Los Angeles on 20 September 2026: 3492 km of route against 3390 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €249.71, and 7h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Cancún reaches 108 places in 31 countries on services we hold, over distances from 432 to 10,448 km. Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries, from 42 to 14,124 km.

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Leaving Cancún

  • 108Places you can leave for
  • 31Countries
  • 48Operators

Arriving in Los Angeles

Leaving Los Angeles

  • 198Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 86Operators

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