Cheapest€31.41
- LAN Ecuador LA443506:1735m06:52Guayaquil GYECuenca CUE
Door to door 3h 45mCO2 32.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Travelling from Guayaquil to Cuenca costs €31.41 at the cheapest and takes 3h 45m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 130 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 130 km
- Fastest
- 3h 45m
- Average
- 3h 46m
- Services per day
- 1
- Cheapest
- €31.41
- CO2 per passenger
- 32.0 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 16 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 45m | 35m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 32.0 kg | 1 |
- 3h 45mFastest, by Flight
- €31.41Cheapest, by Flight
- 32.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 130 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 16 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Checking the live timetables.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Guayaquil to Cuenca | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept | Sat26 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €36.13 | €34.95 | €32.00 | €31.41 | €37.31 | €36.13 | €31.41 | €31.41 | €31.41 | €31.41 | €31.41 | €31.41 | €31.41 | €31.41 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-16 · €31.41
The journey ends at Terminal Terrestre. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Cuenca for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Terrestre and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Guayaquil to Cuenca
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.4190 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €31.4114 days
- €31.417 days
- €32.003 days
- €36.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 15 percent. The dearest point is €36.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €31.41Sun
- €31.41Mon
- €31.41Tue
- €31.41Wed
- €31.41Thu
- €31.41Fri
- €31.41Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €32.00Sept
- €31.41Oct
- €31.41Nov
- €31.41Dec
- €31.41Jan
- €31.41Feb
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 130 km against 126 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Guayaquil at 06:17 and the last at 06:17, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Guayaquil
Coach
- Estación BUEES
- Estación EcoBuses
Air
- GYE
Ferry
- Muelle
- Muelle Farbem
Cuenca
Coach
- Terminal Terrestre
- Terminal Rutas Orences
Air
- CUE
The fare from CUE into Cuenca is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
Getting from CUE into Cuenca
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
Book a transfer from CUE with Daytrip
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Who runs this route
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN Ecuador | €31.41 | 3h 45m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €19.00 | 60% |
| Taxes | €3.42 | 11% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 22% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 6% |
| Total you pay | €31.41 | 100% |
We cannot promise Terminal Terrestre still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Left luggage near Terminal Terrestre
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
Check Cuenca on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Guayaquil to Cuenca
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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
The fastest journey from Guayaquil to Cuenca takes 3h 45m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 46m, 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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
The cheapest fare from Guayaquil to Cuenca is €31.41, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.41. 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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
The cheapest way from Guayaquil to Cuenca is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on 16 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 45m 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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
Fares from Guayaquil to Cuenca bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 15 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Guayaquil to Cuenca?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Guayaquil to Cuenca, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 12 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Guayaquil to Cuenca?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Guayaquil to Cuenca, at €31.41 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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
1 operators sell services from Guayaquil to Cuenca across 1 mode: LAN Ecuador. 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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
Every service we sell from Guayaquil to Cuenca is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 45m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Guayaquil to Cuenca use?
Services from Guayaquil to Cuenca by flight leave from Guayaquil GYE and arrive at Cuenca CUE. 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 Guayaquil to Cuenca?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Guayaquil to Cuenca 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
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 modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Guayaquil to Cuenca on 12 September 2026: 130 km of route against 126 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Cuenca are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Cuenca and across Ecuador
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Cuenca, with free cancellation on most of it.
See Cuenca on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
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Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Guayaquil
Arriving in Cuenca
Leaving Cuenca
- 2Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
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