San Salvador to Medellín runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €152.36 and €174.78, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 48m over 1,756 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€152.36 to €174.78
- 172%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving San Salvador
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.
- 06:52First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €328.77Mon21
- about €260.92Tue22
- about €221.39Wed23
- about €291.60Thu24
- about €316.97Fri25
- about €275.08Sat26
- about €205.46Sun27
- about €198.97Mon28
- about €181.86Tue29
- about €183.63Wed30
- about €244.99Thu1
- about €194.84Fri2
- about €209.00Sat3
- about €165.34Sun4
- about €152.36Mon5
- about €155.90Tue6
- about €152.95Wed7
- about €194.84Thu8
- about €170.06Fri9
- about €165.93Sat10
- about €170.65Sun11
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 Medellín. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Medellín for the night the flight gets in
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When to book San Salvador to Medellín
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €213.1390 days
- €157.6760 days
- €128.1745 days
- €121.0930 days
- €170.6521 days
- €165.3414 days
- €205.467 days
- €221.393 days
- €328.771 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €121.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €328.77, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San Salvador to Medellín 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
1,756 km
1,704 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
525,990 → 1,999,979
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,756 km against 1,704 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 Tocumen, Cali, San José, Bogotá. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
Medellín is large, and the road in from MDE can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Medellín
Settled in advance, so the ride into Medellín 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 Universidad de Medellín
Most of the points near Universidad de Medellín open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about San Salvador to Medellín
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 San Salvador to Medellín?
The fastest journey from San Salvador to Medellín takes 5h 48m door to door, of which 2h 38m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 57m, 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
The cheapest fare from San Salvador to Medellín is €152.36, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €216.67. 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
The cheapest way from San Salvador to Medellín is by flight, at €152.36 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 48m 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
Fares from San Salvador to Medellín bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €121.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 172 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from San Salvador to Medellín, at €170.65. 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San Salvador to Medellín, at €130.53 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
No operator record names San Salvador to Medellín directly. Avianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
20 percent of the services we sell from San Salvador to Medellín are direct. The rest connect at Tocumen, Cali, San José, Bogotá, with about 58 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 San Salvador to Medellín use?
Services from San Salvador to Medellín by flight leave from San Salvador SAL and arrive at Medellín MDE. 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 San Salvador to Medellín?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from San Salvador to Medellín 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 San Salvador to Medellín on 20 September 2026: 1756 km of route against 1704 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €152.36, and 5h 48m 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 Medellín is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Medellín and across Colombia
Day trips that leave Medellín in the morning and cover a good part of Colombia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
San Salvador reaches 35 places in 14 countries on services we hold, over distances from 178 to 8,649 km. Medellín reaches 30 places in 10 countries, from 135 to 8,026 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Salvador
- 35Places you can leave for
- 14Countries
- 15Operators
Arriving in Medellín
Leaving Medellín
- 30Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 16Operators