Santiago to Quito runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:17 and the last around 14:30. One passenger pays between €295.73 and €352.37, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 28m over 3,899 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
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 5 October 2026
€295.73 to €352.37
- 216%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santiago
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.
- 06:17First departure
- 14:30Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €743.54Fri18
- about €717.58Sat19
- about €554.74Sun20
- about €456.21Mon21
- about €457.98Tue22
- about €505.77Wed23
- about €504.00Thu24
- about €563.59Fri25
- about €499.28Sat26
- about €427.89Sun27
- about €410.78Mon28
- about €380.69Tue29
- about €419.04Wed30
- about €381.28Thu1
- about €403.70Fri2
- about €375.97Sat3
- about €343.52Sun4
- about €295.73Mon5
- about €339.98Tue6
- about €325.23Wed7
- about €406.06Thu8
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 Quito. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Quito for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Santiago to Quito
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €381.8790 days
- €235.5560 days
- €278.0345 days
- €312.8430 days
- €406.0621 days
- €381.2814 days
- €504.007 days
- €554.743 days
- €743.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €235.55.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 216 percent. The dearest point is €743.54, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Santiago to Quito and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
3,899 km
3,785 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
4,837,295 → 2,781,641
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/1
1 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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,899 km against 3,785 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 Buenos Aires, Guayaquil, Bogotá, Lima. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Quito is large, and the road in from UIO can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Quito
Settled in advance, so the ride into Quito 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 Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito
Most of the points near Estación de Tren de Chimbacalle, Quito open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Santiago to Quito
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 Santiago to Quito?
The fastest journey from Santiago to Quito takes 8h 28m door to door, of which 5h 25m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 53m, 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 Santiago to Quito?
The cheapest fare from Santiago to Quito is €295.73, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €496.92. 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 Santiago to Quito?
The cheapest way from Santiago to Quito is by flight, at €295.73 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 35m 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 Santiago to Quito?
Fares from Santiago to Quito bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €235.55. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 216 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 Santiago to Quito?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santiago to Quito, at €380.69. 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 Santiago to Quito?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santiago to Quito, at €253.25 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 Santiago to Quito?
No operator record names Santiago to Quito directly. Martinair, Qatar Airways 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 Santiago to Quito?
50 percent of the services we sell from Santiago to Quito are direct. The rest connect at Buenos Aires, Guayaquil, Bogotá, Lima, with about 65 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 Santiago to Quito use?
Services from Santiago to Quito by flight leave from Santiago SCL and arrive at Quito UIO. 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 Santiago to Quito?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Santiago to Quito 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 Santiago to Quito on 17 September 2026: 3899 km of route against 3785 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €295.73, and 8h 28m 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 Quito is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Quito and across Ecuador
Day trips that leave Quito in the morning and cover a good part of Ecuador by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Santiago reaches 69 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 59 to 11,648 km. Quito reaches 33 places in 14 countries, from 72 to 9,581 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santiago
- 69Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 34Operators
Arriving in Quito
Leaving Quito
- 33Places you can leave for
- 14Countries
- 26Operators