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Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas. From €33.34, fastest 3h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €33.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h over 323 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €33.34, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€33.34

  • 180%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:32First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Buying this journey

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €74.59Mon21
  2. about €64.14Tue22
  3. about €74.04Wed23
  4. about €74.59Thu24
  5. about €67.99Fri25
  6. about €79.54Sat26
  7. about €79.54Sun27
  8. about €44.34Mon28
  9. about €44.34Tue29
  10. about €48.19Wed30
  11. about €57.54Thu1
  12. about €49.29Fri2
  13. about €59.19Sat3
  14. about €50.39Sun4
  15. about €37.74Mon5
  16. about €33.34Tue6
  17. about €40.49Wed7
  18. about €54.79Thu8
  19. about €44.34Fri9
  20. about €44.88Sat10
  21. about €42.69Sun11

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

The train gets you into San Cristóbal de las Casas. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in San Cristóbal de las Casas for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal de Transporte San Cristobal de las Casas and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas

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

  1. €56.4490 days
  2. €42.6860 days
  3. €28.3945 days
  4. €34.9930 days
  5. €42.6921 days
  6. €50.3914 days
  7. €79.547 days
  8. €74.043 days
  9. €74.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €28.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 180 percent. The dearest point is €79.54, 7 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.
€79.54€28.39137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas 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

323 km

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

Who lives at each end

67,739215,874

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

The route

MexicoGuatemalaOaxaca CityOaxaca CityComitánComitánPijijiapanPijijiapanPalenque/TempPalenque/TempLas ChoapasLas ChoapasCintalapa de FigueroaCintalapa de FigueroaPuerto EscondidoPuerto EscondidoArriagaArriagaSanto Domingo TehuantepecSanto Domingo TehuantepecSan Cristóbal de las CasasSan Cristóbal de las CasasMap 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 323 km against 281 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 Comitán, Tuxtla, Pijijiapan, Cintalapa de Figueroa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

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 Transporte San Cristobal de las Casas

Most of the points near Terminal de Transporte San Cristobal de las Casas open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas

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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

The fastest journey from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas takes 3h door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 8m, 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

The cheapest fare from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas is €33.34, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.04. 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

The cheapest way from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas is by train, at €33.34 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 7m 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

Fares from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €28.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 180 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas, at €44.34. 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas, at €33.89 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

Ferroistmo publish service areas covering both Santo Domingo Tehuantepec and San Cristóbal de las Casas, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

20 percent of the services we sell from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas are direct. The rest connect at Comitán, Tuxtla, Pijijiapan, Cintalapa de Figueroa, with about 52 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas use?

Services from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas by train leave from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec station and arrive at San Cristóbal de las Casas 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec to San Cristóbal de las Casas on 20 September 2026: 323 km of route against 281 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €33.34, and 3h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in San Cristóbal de las Casas is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of San Cristóbal de las Casas and across Mexico

Day trips that leave San Cristóbal de las Casas in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Santo Domingo Tehuantepec reaches 13 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 167 to 356 km. San Cristóbal de las Casas reaches 14 places in 1 countries, from 51 to 281 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

  • 13Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in San Cristóbal de las Casas

Leaving San Cristóbal de las Casas

  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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