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Guayaquil to Santiago

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Guayaquil to Santiago. From €301.04, fastest 8h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Guayaquil to Santiago runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €301.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 8h 15m over 3,715 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €301.04, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026

€301.04

  • 204%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Guayaquil

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:41First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €744.13Mon21
  2. about €596.04Tue22
  3. about €620.19Wed23
  4. about €729.38Thu24
  5. about €637.93Fri25
  6. about €723.48Sat26
  7. about €674.64Sun27
  8. about €407.89Mon28
  9. about €452.67Tue29
  10. about €367.12Wed30
  11. about €523.39Thu1
  12. about €455.03Fri2
  13. about €490.43Sat3
  14. about €432.02Sun4
  15. about €322.09Mon5
  16. about €309.89Tue6
  17. about €301.04Wed7
  18. about €411.19Thu8
  19. about €345.88Fri9
  20. about €365.94Sat10
  21. about €331.72Sun11

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

The flight gets you into Santiago. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Santiago for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Guayaquil to Santiago

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

  1. €456.2190 days
  2. €385.4160 days
  3. €256.2045 days
  4. €244.4030 days
  5. €331.7221 days
  6. €432.0214 days
  7. €674.647 days
  8. €620.193 days
  9. €744.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €244.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 204 percent. The dearest point is €744.13, 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.
€744.13€244.40137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Guayaquil to Santiago and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

3,715 km

3,607 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

2,723,6654,837,295

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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,715 km against 3,607 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 Quito, Bogotá, Lima. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

Santiago is large, and the road in from SCL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Santiago

Settled in advance, so the ride into Santiago 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 lockers

Left luggage near Quilicura

Most of the points near Quilicura open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Guayaquil to Santiago

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 Santiago?

The fastest journey from Guayaquil to Santiago takes 8h 15m door to door, of which 5h 26m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 34m, 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 Santiago?

The cheapest fare from Guayaquil to Santiago is €301.04, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €508.13. 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 Santiago?

The cheapest way from Guayaquil to Santiago is by flight, at €301.04 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 36m 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 Santiago?

Fares from Guayaquil to Santiago bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €244.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 204 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 Guayaquil to Santiago?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Guayaquil to Santiago, at €367.12. 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 Guayaquil to Santiago?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Guayaquil to Santiago, at €246.17 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 Santiago?

LAN Airlines publish service areas covering both Guayaquil and Santiago, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Guayaquil to Santiago?

25 percent of the services we sell from Guayaquil to Santiago are direct. The rest connect at Quito, Bogotá, Lima, with about 66 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 Guayaquil to Santiago use?

Services from Guayaquil to Santiago by flight leave from José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport GYE and arrive at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport SCL. 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 Santiago?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Guayaquil to Santiago 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 Guayaquil to Santiago on 20 September 2026: 3715 km of route against 3607 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €301.04, and 8h 15m 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 Santiago is somebody else's catalogue.

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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. Santiago reaches 68 places in 19 countries, from 59 to 11,648 km.

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Leaving Guayaquil

  • 24Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 16Operators

Arriving in Santiago

Leaving Santiago

  • 68Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 33Operators

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