Zihuatanejo to Mexico City runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 19:36. One passenger pays between €32.00 and €34.36, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h over 333 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€32.00 to €34.36
- 103%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zihuatanejo
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:24First departure
- 19:36Last departure
- 15Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €63.86Mon21
- about €55.01Tue22
- about €58.55Wed23
- about €62.68Thu24
- about €61.50Fri25
- about €56.78Sat26
- about €53.83Sun27
- about €40.26Mon28
- about €39.08Tue29
- about €40.85Wed30
- about €49.11Thu1
- about €45.57Fri2
- about €47.93Sat3
- about €43.21Sun4
- about €33.77Mon5
- about €32.00Tue6
- about €33.77Wed7
- about €44.98Thu8
- about €37.90Fri9
- about €39.08Sat10
- about €37.90Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Mexico City. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mexico City for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Zihuatanejo to Mexico City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €40.8590 days
- €34.9560 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €37.9021 days
- €43.2114 days
- €53.837 days
- €58.553 days
- €63.861 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 103 percent. The dearest point is €63.86, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zihuatanejo to Mexico City 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
333 km
324 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
67,408 → 12,294,193
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey 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 333 km against 324 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Mexico City is large, and the road in from MEX can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Mexico City
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mexico City 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 Amajac
Most of the points near Amajac open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Zihuatanejo to Mexico City
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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
The fastest journey from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City takes 4h door to door, of which 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 2m, 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
The cheapest fare from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City is €32.00, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €51.47. 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
The cheapest way from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City is by flight, at €32.00 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
Fares from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 103 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City, at €39.08. 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City, 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
3 operators sell services from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City across 1 mode: AeroMéxico, VivaAerobús, Volaris. 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
Every service we sell from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City is direct, with around 15 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City use?
Services from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City by flight leave from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport ZIH and arrive at Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX. 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City 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 Zihuatanejo to Mexico City on 20 September 2026: 333 km of route against 324 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €32.00, and 4h 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 Mexico City is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Mexico City and across Mexico
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The two ends, compared
Zihuatanejo reaches 8 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 324 to 4,035 km. Mexico City reaches 96 places in 27 countries, from 232 to 12,052 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zihuatanejo
- 8Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Mexico City
Leaving Mexico City
- 96Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 33Operators