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Mexico City to Guatemala City

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Mexico City to Guatemala City. From €86.28, fastest 4h 57m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Mexico City to Guatemala City runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:28 and the last around 18:44. One passenger pays between €86.28 and €92.18, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 57m over 1,091 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 6 October 2026

€86.28 to €92.18

  • 150%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Mexico City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:28First departure
  • 18:44Last departure
  • 9Services per day
  • 89%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €192.48Mon21
  2. about €167.11Tue22
  3. about €171.83Wed23
  4. about €188.35Thu24
  5. about €188.35Fri25
  6. about €176.55Sat26
  7. about €158.85Sun27
  8. about €109.88Mon28
  9. about €109.29Tue29
  10. about €116.96Wed30
  11. about €146.46Thu1
  12. about €128.76Fri2
  13. about €135.25Sat3
  14. about €134.07Sun4
  15. about €98.67Mon5
  16. about €86.28Tue6
  17. about €92.77Wed7
  18. about €115.19Thu8
  19. about €107.52Fri9
  20. about €116.37Sat10
  21. about €103.39Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Guatemala City for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Mexico City to Guatemala City

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

  1. €112.8390 days
  2. €93.3660 days
  3. €79.7945 days
  4. €76.8430 days
  5. €103.3921 days
  6. €134.0714 days
  7. €158.857 days
  8. €171.833 days
  9. €192.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €76.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 150 percent. The dearest point is €192.48, 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.
€192.48€76.84137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Mexico City to Guatemala 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

1,091 km

1,059 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

12,294,193994,938

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

MexicoNicaraguaHondurasCaribbean SeaGulf of MexicoQuerétaro CityQuerétaro CityLeónLeónGuadalajaraGuadalajaraMéridaMéridaManaguaManaguaCancúnCancúnTegucigalpaTegucigalpaSan Pedro SulaSan Pedro SulaSan Luis Potosí CitySan Luis Potosí CityAguascalientesAguascalientesAcapulco de JuárezAcapulco de JuárezVeracruzVeracruzTapachulaTapachulaVillahermosaVillahermosaUruapanUruapanCampecheCampecheMexico CityMexico CityGuatemala CityGuatemala CityMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
89% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 11% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,091 km against 1,059 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 San Salvador. The gap between arriving and leaving is 93 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.

The fare from GUA into Guatemala City is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Guatemala City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Guatemala 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 lockers

Left luggage near Monja Blanca

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

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Questions about Mexico City to Guatemala 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 Mexico City to Guatemala City?

The fastest journey from Mexico City to Guatemala City takes 4h 57m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 4m, 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 Guatemala City?

The cheapest fare from Mexico City to Guatemala City is €86.28, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €145.58. 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 Guatemala City?

The cheapest way from Mexico City to Guatemala City is by flight, at €86.28 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 58m 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 Guatemala City?

Fares from Mexico City to Guatemala City bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €76.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 150 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 Guatemala City?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mexico City to Guatemala City, at €109.29. 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 Guatemala City?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mexico City to Guatemala City, at €77.43 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 Guatemala City?

2 operators sell services from Mexico City to Guatemala City across 1 mode: AeroMéxico, 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 Mexico City to Guatemala City?

89 percent of the services we sell from Mexico City to Guatemala City are direct. The rest connect at San Salvador, with about 93 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 Mexico City to Guatemala City use?

Services from Mexico City to Guatemala City by flight leave from Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX and arrive at La Aurora International Airport GUA. 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 Guatemala City?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Mexico City to Guatemala 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 Mexico City to Guatemala City on 20 September 2026: 1091 km of route against 1059 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €86.28, and 4h 57m 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 Guatemala City is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Guatemala City and across Guatemala

Day trips that leave Guatemala City in the morning and cover a good part of Guatemala 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. Guatemala City reaches 23 places in 12 countries, from 178 to 8,693 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Mexico City

  • 96Places you can leave for
  • 27Countries
  • 33Operators

Arriving in Guatemala City

Leaving Guatemala City

  • 23Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 18Operators

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