Arequipa to Juliaca bus

Buses from Arequipa to Juliaca start at €12.83 and take 3h 17m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Arequipa to Juliaca starts at €12.83 and takes 3h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 180 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 17mDoor to door
  • 2h 33mMoving
  • €12.83From
  • 4.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 27, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€12.28
  1. Aeroexpreso A986206:542h 33m09:27Arequipa Bus TerminalTerminal Zonal Salida al Cuzco

Door to door 3h 17mCO2 4.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Aeroexpreso€12.283h 10m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Juliaca. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Juliaca for the night the bus gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Arequipa to Juliaca

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

  1. €15.5890 days
  2. €10.6360 days
  3. €10.6345 days
  4. €11.7330 days
  5. €12.8321 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €16.687 days
  8. €16.683 days
  9. €28.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 166 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €16.13Sun
  2. €15.58Mon
  3. €13.93Tue
  4. €14.48Wed
  5. €16.13Thu
  6. €13.38Fri
  7. €19.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Arequipa

Bus
  • Arequipa Bus Terminal
  • Arequipa International Terraport

Juliaca

Bus
  • Terminal Zonal Salida al Cuzco
  • Terminal Terrestre Virgen de Fatima
The journey

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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 180 km against 180 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Tacna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Arequipa at 06:54 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Coach3h 17m2h 33m44m€12.834.9 kg2
Flight3h 50m40m3h 10m€31.4145.8 kg1

Questions about Arequipa to Juliaca

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca take?

The Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca takes 3h 17m door to door, of which 2h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 180 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca cost?

The Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca starts at €12.83 for one passenger, checked on September 27, 2026. A typical fare is €22.46. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca?

1 operators run the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca: Aeroexpreso. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca use?

The Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca leaves from Arequipa Bus Terminal and arrives at Terminal Zonal Salida al Cuzco. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Arequipa to Juliaca?

The Coach is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Arequipa to Juliaca, at €12.83 and 3h 17m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.

When should I book the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca?

Fares for the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on September 27, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca produce?

The Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca produces about 4.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 180 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca?

Operators on the Coach from Arequipa to Juliaca publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 17m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Arequipa to Juliaca on September 11, 2026: 180 km of route against 180 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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