Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:51 and the last around 06:51. One passenger pays €41.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 4m over 373 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €41.44, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 11 October 2026
€41.44
- 194%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Mexico City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:51First departure
- 06:51Last departure
- 1Services 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 €101.03Mon21
- about €76.25Tue22
- about €64.45Wed23
- about €82.74Thu24
- about €87.46Fri25
- about €88.05Sat26
- about €62.68Sun27
- about €44.98Mon28
- about €51.47Tue29
- about €50.88Wed30
- about €65.63Thu1
- about €49.70Fri2
- about €55.60Sat3
- about €60.32Sun4
- about €46.75Mon5
- about €44.98Tue6
- about €46.75Wed7
- about €49.11Thu8
- about €55.01Fri9
- about €50.88Sat10
- about €41.44Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Lázaro Cárdenas. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Lázaro Cárdenas for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.1690 days
- €43.8060 days
- €34.3645 days
- €39.0830 days
- €41.4421 days
- €60.3214 days
- €62.687 days
- €64.453 days
- €101.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.36.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €101.03, 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas 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
373 km
362 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
12,294,193 → 196,003
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 373 km against 362 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from LZC into Lázaro Cárdenas is set by whoever drives it.

A car waiting when you land in Lázaro Cárdenas
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lázaro Cárdenas 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 ESTRELLA DE ORO
Most of the points near ESTRELLA DE ORO open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas
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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
The fastest journey from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 6m, 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
The cheapest fare from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas is €41.44, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €55.01. 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
The cheapest way from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas is by flight, at €41.44 for one passenger on 11 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 4m 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
Fares from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €34.36. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 194 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas, at €46.75. 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas, at €32.59 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
AeroMéxico publish service areas covering both Mexico City and Lázaro Cárdenas, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
Every service we sell from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 4h 4m 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas use?
Services from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas by flight leave from Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX and arrive at Lázaro Cárdenas Airport LZC. 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas 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 Mexico City to Lázaro Cárdenas on 20 September 2026: 373 km of route against 362 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.44, and 4h 4m 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 Lázaro Cárdenas is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Lázaro Cárdenas and across Mexico
Day trips that leave Lázaro Cárdenas in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mexico City reaches 96 places in 27 countries on services we hold, over distances from 232 to 12,052 km. Lázaro Cárdenas reaches 1 places in 1 countries, from 362 to 362 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mexico City
- 96Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 33Operators