Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:47 and the last around 17:03. One passenger pays between €139.97 and €180.68, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 52m over 1,816 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
€139.97 to €180.68
- 207%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Tijuana
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.
- 06:47First departure
- 17:03Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €319.33Tue15
- about €286.88Wed16
- about €400.75Thu17
- about €311.07Fri18
- about €298.68Sat19
- about €276.26Sun20
- about €251.48Mon21
- about €185.99Tue22
- about €189.53Wed23
- about €240.27Thu24
- about €243.22Fri25
- about €231.42Sat26
- about €216.08Sun27
- about €180.68Mon28
- about €157.08Tue29
- about €158.85Wed30
- about €183.63Thu1
- about €165.34Fri2
- about €170.65Sat3
- about €187.17Sun4
- about €139.97Mon5
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 Puerto Vallarta. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Puerto Vallarta for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €168.2990 days
- €154.7260 days
- €159.4445 days
- €130.5330 days
- €139.9721 days
- €180.6814 days
- €251.487 days
- €400.753 days
- €319.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €130.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 207 percent. The dearest point is €400.75, 3 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta 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
1,816 km
1,763 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
1,922,523 → 224,166
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,816 km against 1,763 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 Monterrey, Santiago de Querétaro, Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from PVR into Puerto Vallarta is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Puerto Vallarta
Settled in advance, so the ride into Puerto Vallarta 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 Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta
Most of the points near Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta
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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
The fastest journey from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta takes 5h 52m door to door, of which 2h 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 2m, 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
The cheapest fare from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta is €139.97, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €247.65. 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
The cheapest way from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta is by flight, at €180.68 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 56m 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
Fares from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €130.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 207 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta, at €180.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta, at €124.63 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
2 operators sell services from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta across 1 mode: VivaAerobús, Volaris. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
60 percent of the services we sell from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta are direct. The rest connect at Monterrey, Santiago de Querétaro, Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, with about 46 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta use?
Services from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta by flight leave from Tijuana TIJ and arrive at Puerto Vallarta PVR. 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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Tijuana to Puerto Vallarta on 14 September 2026: 1816 km of route against 1763 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €139.97, and 5h 52m 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 Puerto Vallarta is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Puerto Vallarta and across Mexico
Day trips that leave Puerto Vallarta in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Tijuana reaches 38 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 443 to 10,637 km. Puerto Vallarta reaches 32 places in 4 countries, from 196 to 9,217 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Tijuana
- 38Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Puerto Vallarta
Leaving Puerto Vallarta
- 32Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 16Operators