Guayaquil to Quito runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 20:39. One passenger pays between €26.74 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 36m over 271 km, on services run by 8 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€26.74 to €31.41
- 86%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Guayaquil
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.
- 06:01First departure
- 20:39Last departure
- 48Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Guayaquil to Quito 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 €49.70Wed16
- about €60.91Thu17
- about €47.34Fri18
- about €49.11Sat19
- about €45.57Sun20
- about €40.85Mon21
- about €33.77Tue22
- about €35.54Wed23
- about €43.21Thu24
- about €39.67Fri25
- about €40.85Sat26
- about €39.67Sun27
- about €34.36Mon28
- about €29.49Tue29
- about €30.59Wed30
- about €34.36Thu1
- about €32.59Fri2
- about €33.18Sat3
- about €32.00Sun4
- about €27.29Mon5
- about €26.74Tue6
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 flight gets you into Quito. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Quito for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Guayaquil to Quito
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.3990 days
- €27.8460 days
- €29.4945 days
- €31.4130 days
- €26.7421 days
- €29.4914 days
- €33.777 days
- €47.343 days
- €49.701 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 86 percent. The dearest point is €49.70, 1 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 Guayaquil to Quito 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
271 km
266 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
2,723,665 → 2,781,641
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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 271 km against 266 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Quito is large, and the road in from UIO can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Quito
Settled in advance, so the ride into Quito costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito
Most of the points near Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Guayaquil to Quito
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 Quito?
The fastest journey from Guayaquil to Quito takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 54m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 33m, 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 Quito?
The cheapest fare from Guayaquil to Quito is €26.74, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.34. 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 Quito?
The cheapest way from Guayaquil to Quito is by train, at €29.49 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 2h 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Guayaquil to Quito?
The fastest way from Guayaquil to Quito is by train, at 2h 38m door to door. Only 1h 54m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €29.49.
When should I book Guayaquil to Quito?
Fares from Guayaquil to Quito bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €26.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 86 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Guayaquil to Quito?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Guayaquil to Quito, at €29.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 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 Quito?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Guayaquil to Quito, at €23.44 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 Guayaquil to Quito?
8 operators sell services from Guayaquil to Quito across 2 modes: ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras, Avianca Ecuador, Ferrocarriles del Ecuador, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LAN Airlines, 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 Quito?
Every service we sell from Guayaquil to Quito is direct, with around 72 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 36m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Guayaquil to Quito produce?
Travelling from Guayaquil to Quito by train produces about 8.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 67.4 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Guayaquil to Quito use?
Services from Guayaquil to Quito by train leave from Guayaquil station and arrive at Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito. 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 Guayaquil to Quito?
2 of the 8 operators we sell from Guayaquil to Quito 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 Guayaquil to Quito on 15 September 2026: 271 km of route against 266 km in a straight line, 72 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Quito is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Quito and across Ecuador
Day trips that leave Quito in the morning and cover a good part of Ecuador by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Guayaquil reaches 24 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 59 to 9,847 km. Quito reaches 33 places in 14 countries, from 72 to 9,581 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Guayaquil
- 24Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 16Operators
Arriving in Quito
Leaving Quito
- 33Places you can leave for
- 14Countries
- 26Operators