Matanzas to Havana runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €15.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 28m over 95 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€11.88 to €15.74
- 157%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Matanzas
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.
- 06:04First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Buying this journey
We have not found anyone selling Matanzas to Havana online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €30.59Fri18
- about €31.69Sat19
- about €19.59Sun20
- about €16.84Mon21
- about €19.04Tue22
- about €23.99Wed23
- about €19.04Thu24
- about €16.84Fri25
- about €20.69Sat26
- about €20.69Sun27
- about €15.19Mon28
- about €14.64Tue29
- about €17.39Wed30
- about €14.64Thu1
- about €16.29Fri2
- about €17.39Sat3
- about €15.74Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €12.99Tue6
- about €11.89Wed7
- about €14.09Thu8
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 train gets you into Havana. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Havana for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Havana Central railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Matanzas to Havana
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €14.0945 days
- €11.8930 days
- €14.0921 days
- €14.6414 days
- €19.047 days
- €19.593 days
- €30.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 157 percent. The dearest point is €30.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Matanzas to Havana 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
95 km
82 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
146,733 → 2,163,824
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 95 km against 82 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cienfuegos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 88 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Havana is large, and the road in from HAV can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Havana
Settled in advance, so the ride into Havana costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Havana Central railway station
Most of the points near Havana Central railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
Check Havana on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Matanzas to Havana
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 Matanzas to Havana?
The fastest journey from Matanzas to Havana takes 1h 28m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 30m, 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 Matanzas to Havana?
The cheapest fare from Matanzas to Havana is €11.88, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €17.67. 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 Matanzas to Havana?
The cheapest way from Matanzas to Havana is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 28m 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 Matanzas to Havana?
Fares from Matanzas to Havana bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 157 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Matanzas to Havana?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Matanzas to Havana, at €14.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Matanzas to Havana?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Matanzas to Havana, at €11.88 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 Matanzas to Havana?
No operator record names Matanzas to Havana directly. FC, FELCUBA publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Matanzas to Havana?
67 percent of the services we sell from Matanzas to Havana are direct. The rest connect at Cienfuegos, with about 88 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 Matanzas to Havana use?
Services from Matanzas to Havana by train leave from Matanzas station and arrive at Havana Central railway station. 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 Matanzas to Havana?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Matanzas to Havana 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Matanzas to Havana on 17 September 2026: 95 km of route against 82 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Havana a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Havana and across Cuba
Day trips that leave Havana in the morning and cover a good part of Cuba by evening.
See Havana on CivitatisOr browse GetYourGuide
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The two ends, compared
Matanzas reaches 46 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 9,555 km. Havana reaches 46 places in 26 countries, from 52 to 10,962 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Matanzas
- 46Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Havana
Leaving Havana
- 46Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 34Operators