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Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos. From €14.09, fastest 1h 39m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €14.09, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 39m over 123 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €14.09, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€14.09

  • 101%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Sancti Spíritus

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:20First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Buying this journey

Tickets for Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos 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

  1. about €29.49Mon21
  2. about €27.29Tue22
  3. about €28.94Wed23
  4. about €33.34Thu24
  5. about €28.94Fri25
  6. about €34.44Sat26
  7. about €26.19Sun27
  8. about €23.98Mon28
  9. about €17.94Tue29
  10. about €21.79Wed30
  11. about €21.24Thu1
  12. about €24.53Fri2
  13. about €23.43Sat3
  14. about €22.34Sun4
  15. about €14.09Mon5
  16. about €16.29Tue6
  17. about €20.14Wed7
  18. about €17.39Thu8
  19. about €17.94Fri9
  20. about €20.69Sat10
  21. about €19.04Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Cienfuegos for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos

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

  1. €20.1490 days
  2. €17.9460 days
  3. €14.6445 days
  4. €14.6430 days
  5. €19.0421 days
  6. €22.3414 days
  7. €26.197 days
  8. €28.943 days
  9. €29.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 101 percent. The dearest point is €29.49, 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.
€29.49€14.64137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos 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

123 km

107 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

127,069186,644

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

The route

CubaCaribbean SeaGulf of MexicoHavanaHavanaCamagüeyCamagüeySanta ClaraSanta ClaraLas TunasLas TunasBoyerosBoyerosMatanzasMatanzasCiego de ÁvilaCiego de ÁvilaPuerto PadrePuerto PadreGüira de MelenaGüira de MelenaArtemisaArtemisaMorónMorónColónColónFloridaFloridaSagua la GrandeSagua la GrandeTrinidadTrinidadJagüey GrandeJagüey GrandeSancti SpíritusSancti SpíritusCienfuegosCienfuegosMap 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
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 123 km against 107 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Manicaragua, Placetas, Ciego de Ávila, Santa Clara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

The fare from CFG into Cienfuegos is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Cienfuegos

Settled in advance, so the ride into Cienfuegos 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 lockers

Left luggage near Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos

Most of the points near Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos

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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

The fastest journey from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos takes 1h 39m door to door, of which 57m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 43m, 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

The cheapest fare from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos is €14.09, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.54. 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

The cheapest way from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos is by train, at €14.09 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 41m 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

Fares from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €14.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 101 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos, at €17.94. 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos, at €11.89 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

FC publish service areas covering both Sancti Spíritus and Cienfuegos, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

20 percent of the services we sell from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos are direct. The rest connect at Manicaragua, Placetas, Ciego de Ávila, Santa Clara, with about 45 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos use?

Services from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos by train leave from Sancti Spíritus station and arrive at Cienfuegos 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos 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 Sancti Spíritus to Cienfuegos on 20 September 2026: 123 km of route against 107 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 1h 39m 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 Cienfuegos a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Cienfuegos and across Cuba

Day trips that leave Cienfuegos in the morning and cover a good part of Cuba by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Sancti Spíritus reaches 34 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 432 km. Cienfuegos reaches 30 places in 2 countries, from 48 to 587 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Sancti Spíritus

  • 34Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Cienfuegos

Leaving Cienfuegos

  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 3Operators

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