Cusco to Lima bus

Buses from Cusco to Lima start at €27.13 and take 8h 19m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Cusco to Lima starts at €27.13 and takes 8h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 573 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 19mDoor to door
  • 7h 35mMoving
  • €27.13From
  • 15.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€26.03
  1. Aeroexpreso A717814:227h 50m22:12Van / collectivo a CuscoMovil Bus Lima Norte Terminal

Door to door 8h 34mCO2 15.5 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€26.038h 13m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

The trip ends at San Juan de Dios. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Lima 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 Cusco to Lima

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

  1. €25.4890 days
  2. €24.9360 days
  3. €26.5845 days
  4. €29.3330 days
  5. €26.0321 days
  6. €27.1314 days
  7. €30.437 days
  8. €49.683 days
  9. €49.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €49.68, 3 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. €35.38Sun
  2. €32.63Mon
  3. €27.13Tue
  4. €32.08Wed
  5. €40.33Thu
  6. €37.58Fri
  7. €37.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Cusco

Bus
  • Van / collectivo a Cusco
  • Terminal Terrestre de Cusco

Lima

Bus
  • Movil Bus Lima Norte Terminal
  • NORLIMA SA
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 573 km against 573 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Cusco at 06:45 and the last at 21:07, across 12 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
Flight4h 19m1h 9m3h 10m€53.24145.1 kg48
Coach8h 19m7h 35m44m€27.1315.5 kg12

Questions about Cusco to Lima

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 Cusco to Lima take?

The Coach from Cusco to Lima takes 8h 19m door to door, of which 7h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 573 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 Cusco to Lima cost?

The Coach from Cusco to Lima starts at €27.13 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €32.36. 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 Cusco to Lima?

1 operators run the Coach from Cusco to Lima: Aeroexpreso. Between them they file around 12 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 Cusco to Lima use?

The Coach from Cusco to Lima leaves from Van / collectivo a Cusco and arrives at Movil Bus Lima Norte Terminal. 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 Cusco to Lima?

Traveling from Cusco to Lima by Flight costs €53.24 and takes 4h 19m door to door, against 8h 19m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Cusco to Lima?

Fares for the Coach from Cusco to Lima bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 99 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Cusco to Lima produce?

The Coach from Cusco to Lima produces about 15.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 573 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 Cusco to Lima?

Operators on the Coach from Cusco to Lima publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 19m 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 Cusco to Lima on September 8, 2026: 573 km of route against 573 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.13, and 8h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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