Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Puerto Vallarta to Chicago

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago. From €229.65, fastest 7h 18m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Puerto Vallarta to Chicago runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €229.65 and €267.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 18m over 2,966 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 7 October 2026

€229.65 to €267.41

  • 207%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Puerto Vallarta

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.

  • 06:07First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 7Services per day
  • 43%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €568.31Fri18
  2. about €558.87Sat19
  3. about €500.46Sun20
  4. about €351.19Mon21
  5. about €373.61Tue22
  6. about €397.21Wed23
  7. about €415.50Thu24
  8. about €369.48Fri25
  9. about €385.41Sat26
  10. about €332.31Sun27
  11. about €292.19Mon28
  12. about €288.65Tue29
  13. about €303.40Wed30
  14. about €302.81Thu1
  15. about €295.73Fri2
  16. about €273.31Sat3
  17. about €276.26Sun4
  18. about €233.19Mon5
  19. about €236.73Tue6
  20. about €229.65Wed7
  21. about €342.34Thu8

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 flight gets you into Chicago. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Chicago for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Puerto Vallarta to Chicago

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

  1. €238.5090 days
  2. €185.4060 days
  3. €220.8045 days
  4. €263.2830 days
  5. €342.3421 days
  6. €302.8114 days
  7. €415.507 days
  8. €500.463 days
  9. €568.311 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €185.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 207 percent. The dearest point is €568.31, 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.
€568.31€185.40137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Puerto Vallarta to Chicago and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

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

The shape of it

2,966 km

2,880 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

224,1662,664,452

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

Puerto VallartaPuerto VallartaChicagoChicago
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
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,966 km against 2,880 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 Dallas, Houston, Monterrey, St. Louis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 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.

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 Chicago Union Station

Most of the points near Chicago Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Puerto Vallarta to Chicago

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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

The fastest journey from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago takes 7h 18m door to door, of which 4h 8m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 38m, 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

The cheapest fare from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago is €229.65, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €387.77. 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

The cheapest way from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago is by flight, at €229.65 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 18m 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

Fares from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €185.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 207 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago, at €288.65. 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago, at €214.90 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

No operator record names Puerto Vallarta to Chicago directly. American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

43 percent of the services we sell from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago are direct. The rest connect at Dallas, Houston, Monterrey, St. Louis, 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago use?

Services from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago by flight leave from Puerto Vallarta PVR and arrive at Chicago ORD. 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Puerto Vallarta to Chicago 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 Puerto Vallarta to Chicago on 17 September 2026: 2966 km of route against 2880 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €229.65, and 7h 18m 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 Chicago a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chicago and across United States

Day trips that leave Chicago in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Puerto Vallarta reaches 32 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 196 to 9,217 km. Chicago reaches 268 places in 41 countries, from 41 to 12,539 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Puerto Vallarta

  • 32Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 16Operators

Arriving in Chicago

Leaving Chicago

  • 268Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 77Operators

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